nǎo dài
head; brains
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我头疼。
wǒ tóu téng.
I have a headache.
他用脑袋撞墙。
tā yòng náo dai zhuàng qiáng.
He banged his head against the wall.
她用脑袋思考问题。
tā yòng náo dai sī kǎo wèn tí.
She used her head to think about the problem.
脚 (jiǎo)
foot
屁股 (pìgu)
buttocks
The Chinese word 脑袋 (nǎodai) for "head" is composed of two characters: 脑 (nǎo) and 袋 (dài). The character 脑 originally meant "brain" and was later extended to mean "head". The character 袋 originally meant "bag" or "sack" and was later used to refer to the skull. The combination of these two characters creates the word 脑袋, which literally means "brain bag" or "skull bag". This term is used to refer to the entire head, including the brain, skull, and face.
