飲食男女

Chinese

		desire for food	desire for sex
trad. (飲食男女)		飲食	男女
simp. (饮食男女)		饮食	男女

Etymology

From the Book of Rites.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnshínánnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄕˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam² sik⁶ naam⁴ neoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnshínánnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄕˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnshíhnánnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-shih²-nan²-nü³
    • Yale: yǐn-shŕ-nán-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinshyrnanneu
    • Palladius: иньшинаньнюй (inʹšinanʹnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ nän³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam² sik⁶ naam⁴ neoi⁵
    • Yale: yám sihk nàahm néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam² sik⁹ naam⁴ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem² xig⁶ nam⁴ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm³⁵ sɪk̚² naːm²¹ nɵy̯¹³/

Idiom

飲食男女

1. desire for food and sex; basic human needs; natural disposition of mankind