nam tôn nữ ti

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男尊女卑 (“valuing men above women, the belief that men are superior to women”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧ ton˧˧ nɨ˦ˀ˥ ti˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧ toŋ˧˧ nɨ˧˨ tɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧ toŋ˧˧ nɨ˨˩˦ tɪj˧˧]

Idiom

nam tôn nữ ti

1. valuing men above women, the belief that men are superior to women