男女

See also:

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (8) (12)
Final () (159) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter nom nrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nʌm/ /ɳɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/nəm/ /ɳiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɒm/ /niɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nəm/ /ɳɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/nᴀm/ /niɔX/
Wang
Li
/nɒm/ /nĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/năm/ /ni̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
naam4 neoi5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
nán
Middle
Chinese
‹ nom › ‹ nrjoX ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˁ[ə]m/ /*nraʔ/
English man, male female

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 9354 9616
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*nuːm/ /*naʔ/

Noun

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 [MSC, trad.]
    男女搭配干活 [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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (男女):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
だん
Grade: 1
じょ
Grade: 1
kan’on
Kanji in this term
なん
Grade: 1
にょ
Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) んじょ [dáꜜǹjò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
    • IPA(key): [dã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

    Noun

    (だん)(じょ) or (なん)(にょ) • (danjo or nannyo)  (counter )

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

    Derived terms

    References

    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja in this term

    Noun

    男女 • (namnyeo) (hangeul 남녀)

    1. Hanja form? of 남녀 (man and woman).

    Vietnamese

    chữ Hán Nôm in this term

    Noun

    男女

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