1. Home
  2. HSK 8
  3. Insight and attention

脑海

nǎohǎi

mind; one's thoughts or memory

A head silhouette with a red sailboat on waves inside.
Memory picture

Characters in this word

脑 nǎo

Strokes
10
Radical
⺼ — meat, flesh
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 脑

海 hǎi

Strokes
10
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 每 each, every
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 那场事故的画面多年后仍清晰地浮现在他的脑海里。 Nà chǎng shìgù de huàmiàn duōnián hòu réng qīngxī de fúxiàn zài tā de nǎohǎi lǐ. The images of that accident still appeared clearly in his mind many years later.
  • 旅行中的美好画面一直留在我的脑海里。 Lǚxíng zhōng de měihǎo huàmiàn yìzhí liú zài wǒ de nǎohǎi lǐ. The beautiful scenes from the trip have stayed in my mind ever since.
  • 听到这首歌,往事一下子涌上脑海。 Tīngdào zhè shǒu gē, wǎngshì yíxiàzi yǒng shàng nǎohǎi. Hearing this song, memories of the past suddenly rushed into my mind.

Related words

All HSK 8 words →