| 脑 |
nǎo |
brain / mind / head / essence |
| 脑子 |
nǎo zi |
brains / mind / CL:个 |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 生锈 |
shēng xiù |
(of metal) to rust; to become rusty / (fig.) (of a skill etc) to get rusty; to deteriorate |
| 锈 |
xiù |
variant of 锈 |
| 锈 |
xiù |
to rust |