重男輕女

See also: 重男轻女

Chinese

		heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer	male	light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	female; woman; daughter
trad. (重男輕女)		重	男	輕	女
simp. (重男轻女)		重	男	轻	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngnánqīngnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶ naam⁴ hing¹ neoi⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiǒng-lám-khin-lír / tiōng-lám-khin-lú / tiōng-lám-khin-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong⁶ nam⁵ king¹ neng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngnánqīngnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngnáncingnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-nan²-chʻing¹-nü³
    • Yale: jùng-nán-chīng-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqnanchingneu
    • Palladius: чжуннаньциннюй (čžunnanʹcinnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung⁶ naam⁴ hing¹ neoi⁵
    • Yale: juhng nàahm hīng néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶ naam⁴ hing¹ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶ nam⁴ hing¹ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²² naːm²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǒng-lám-khin-lír
    • Tâi-lô: tiǒng-lám-khin-lír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²² lam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰin³³ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng-lám-khin-lú
    • Tâi-lô: tiōng-lám-khin-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioxnglafmqinluo
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ lam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ lam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng-lám-khin-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tiōng-lám-khin-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioxnglafmqinlie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ lam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ lam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong⁶ nam⁵ king¹ neng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tŏng nâm khing nṳ́ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰiŋ³³⁻²³ nɯŋ⁵²/

Idiom

重男輕女

1. valuing men and belittling women; favouring boys over girls

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (重男輕女):

• → Korean: 중남경녀(重男輕女) (jungnamgyeongnyeo)
• → Vietnamese: trọng nam khinh nữ (重男輕女)

Korean

Hanja in this term
重	男	輕	女

Noun

重男輕女 • (jungnamgyeongnyeo) (hangeul 중남경녀)

1. Hanja form^? of 중남경녀 (“valuing men and belittling women; favouring boys over girls”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
重	男	輕	女

Idiom

重男輕女

1. chữ Hán form of trọng nam khinh nữ (“valuing men and belittling women; favouring boys over girls”).