牝雞司晨

Chinese

		female	fowl; chicken	company; control	morning; dawn; daybreak
trad. (牝雞司晨/牝鷄司晨)		牝	雞/鷄	司	晨
simp. (牝鸡司晨)		牝	鸡	司	晨
Literally: “female chicken crows at daybreak”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pìnjīsīchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧ ㄙ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁵ gai¹ si¹ san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pìnjīsīchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧ ㄙ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pìnjisihchén
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin⁴-chi¹-ssŭ¹-chʻên²
    • Yale: pìn-jī-sz̄-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinnjisychern
    • Palladius: пиньцзисычэнь (pinʹczisyčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pan⁵ gai¹ si¹ san⁴
    • Yale: páhn gāi sī sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁵ gai¹ si¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pen⁵ gei¹ xi¹ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn¹³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 牝雞司晨

1. (figurative) a woman usurps authority, women meddle in politics, The female wears the trousers.

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