| 1 | 脑 | 腦 | nǎo | nao3 | brain; mind; head; essence | | |
| 2 | 脑袋 | 腦袋 | nǎo dai | nao3 dai5 | head; skull; brains; mental capability; Classifiers: 颗 ,个 | | |
| 3 | 头脑 | 頭腦 | tóu nǎo | tou2 nao3 | brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss | | |
| 4 | 大脑 | 大腦 | dà nǎo | da4 nao3 | brain; cerebrum | | |
| 5 | 脑子 | 腦子 | nǎo zi | nao3 zi5 | brains; mind; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 6 | 电脑 | 電腦 | diàn nǎo | dian4 nao3 | computer; Classifiers: 台 | | |
| 7 | 脑海 | 腦海 | nǎo hǎi | nao3 hai3 | the mind; the brain | | |
| 8 | 脑力劳动 | 腦力勞動 | nǎo lì láo dòng | nao3 li4 lao2 dong4 | mental labor; intellectual work | | |
| 9 | 脑筋 | 腦筋 | nǎo jīn | nao3 jin1 | brains; mind; head; way of thinking | | |
| 10 | 首脑 | 首腦 | shǒu nǎo | shou3 nao3 | head (of state); summit (meeting); leader | | |
| 11 | 脑后 | 腦後 | nǎo hòu | nao3 hou4 | the back of the head; (fig.) the back of one's mind | | |
| 12 | 脑壳 | 腦殻 | nǎo ké | nao3 ke2 | skull; (fig.) brain (mental capacity); skull | | |
| 13 | 屁股决定脑袋 | 屁股決定腦袋 | pì gu jué dìng nǎo dai | pi4 gu5 jue2 ding4 nao3 dai5 | lit. the butt governs the head (idiom); fig. where one stands depends on where one sits; one's views are shaped by one's circumstances | | |
| 14 | 用脑 | 用腦 | yòng nǎo | yong4 nao3 | to undertake mental work | | |
| 15 | 桥脑 | 橋腦 | qiáo nǎo | qiao2 nao3 | (anatomy) pons | | |
| 16 | 脑梗塞 | 腦梗塞 | nǎo gěng sè | nao3 geng3 se4 | cerebral infarction | | |
| 17 | 榆木脑袋 | 榆木腦袋 | yú mù nǎo dai | yu2 mu4 nao3 dai5 | (coll.) thickhead; thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead) | | |
| 18 | 头脑风暴 | 頭腦風暴 | tóu nǎo fēng bào | tou2 nao3 feng1 bao4 | brainstorming | | |
| 19 | 电脑软件 | 電腦軟件 | diàn nǎo ruǎn jiàn | dian4 nao3 ruan3 jian4 | computer software | | |
| 20 | 桌上型电脑 | 桌上型電腦 | zhuō shàng xíng diàn nǎo | zhuo1 shang4 xing2 dian4 nao3 | desktop computer | | |
| 21 | 电脑断层扫描 | 電腦斷層掃描 | diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáo | dian4 nao3 duan4 ceng2 sao3 miao2 | CAT scan; CT scan | | |
| 22 | 电脑打字 | 電腦打字 | diàn nǎo dǎ zì | dian4 nao3 da3 zi4 | Computer typing | | |
| 23 | 电脑操作 | 電腦操作 | diàn nǎo cāo zuò | dian4 nao3 cao1 zuo4 | computer handling | | |
| 24 | 电脑病毒 | 電腦病毒 | diàn nǎo bìng dú | dian4 nao3 bing4 du2 | computer virus | | |
| 25 | 冲昏头脑 | 沖昏頭腦 | chōng hūn tóu nǎo | chong1 hun1 tou2 nao3 | lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom); fig. excited and unable to act rationally; to go to one's head | | |