男女

See also: 娚

Chinese

		male	female; woman; daughter
trad. (男女)		男	女
simp. #(男女)		男	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ neoi⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàm-ńg
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lâm-lú / lâm-lír / lâm-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁵ neng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-nü³
    • Yale: nán-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanneu
    • Palladius: наньнюй (nanʹnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ neoi⁵
    • Yale: nàahm néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ nɵy̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: nam^ˇ ng^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nam² ng³
    • Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-lú
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-lír
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-lír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-lí
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamlie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² li⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lam⁵ neng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm nṳ́ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nɯŋ⁵²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 男女

1. man and woman; men and women; both sexes

   男女比例失衡  ―  nánnǚ bǐlì shīhéng  ―  sex ratio imbalance

   男女同工同酬。  ―  Nánnǚ tónggōngtóngchóu.  ―  Men and women should get equal pay for equal work.

   男女搭配，幹活不累。 [MSC, trad.]
   男女搭配，干活不累。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nánnǚ dāpèi, gànhuó bù lèi. [Pinyin]

   Men and women are more efficient when they work together.

2. (literary, in general) common people; the masses
3. (literary) sexual desire; lust
4. (literary) sons and daughters; children
5. (literary) Term of address for, or a humble term of address used by, a person who has low social status.
6. (literary) A term of abuse.

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
男	女
だん Grade: 1	じょ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

男(だん)女(じょ) • (danjo)  (counter 人)

1. man and woman, men and women; both sexes
2. boy and girl, boys and girls

Derived terms

• 男女混声
• 男女兼用 unisex

• 男女別
• 男女混成

Related terms

• 性別

• 性

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Korean

Hanja in this term
男	女

Noun

男女 • (namnyeo) (hangeul 남녀)

1. hanja form^? of 남녀 (“man and woman”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
男	女

Noun

男女

1. chữ Hán form of nam nữ (“man and woman”).