男兒有淚不輕彈

Chinese

		a man; son	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	tears	not; no	light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	bullet; shot; ball bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach
trad. (男兒有淚不輕彈)		男兒	有	淚	不	輕	彈
simp. (男儿有泪不轻弹)		男儿	有	泪	不	轻	弹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nán'ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ ji⁴ jau⁵ leoi⁶ bat¹ hing¹ taan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nán'ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nán-ér yǒu lèi bù cing tán
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-êrh² yu³ lei⁴ pu⁴ chʻing¹ tʻan²
    • Yale: nán-ér yǒu lèi bù chīng tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanerl yeou ley bu ching tarn
    • Palladius: наньэр ю лэй бу цин тань (nanʹer ju lɛj bu cin tanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ leɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ ji⁴ jau⁵ leoi⁶ bat¹ hing¹ taan⁴
    • Yale: nàahm yìh yáuh leuih bāt hīng tàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ ji⁴ jau⁵ loey⁶ bat⁷ hing¹ taan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ yi⁴ yeo⁵ lêu⁶ bed¹ hing¹ tan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ jiː²¹ jɐu̯¹³ lɵy̯²² pɐt̚⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːn²¹/

Proverb

男兒有淚不輕彈

1. A real man does not cry at the drop of a hat just because life is not going his way.

Synonyms

• 丈夫有淚不輕彈／丈夫有泪不轻弹 (zhàngfū yǒu lèi bù qīng tán)