巾幗不讓鬚眉

Chinese

		woman's headdress; woman; women	not; no	to ask; to let; permit to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow	beard and eyebrows; men
trad. (巾幗不讓鬚眉)		巾幗	不	讓	鬚眉
simp. (巾帼不让须眉)		巾帼	不	让	须眉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnguóbùràngxūméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄤˋ ㄒㄩ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ gwok³ bat¹ joeng⁶ sou¹ mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnguóbùràngxūméi [Phonetic: jīnguóbúràngxūméi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄤˋ ㄒㄩ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinguóbùràngsyuméi
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-kuo²-pu⁴-jang⁴-hsü¹-mei²
    • Yale: jīn-gwó-bù-ràng-syū-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingwoburanqshiumei
    • Palladius: цзиньгобужансюймэй (czinʹgobužansjujmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐɑŋ⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹ gwok³ bat¹ joeng⁶ sou¹ mei⁴
    • Yale: gān gwok bāt yeuhng sōu mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ gwok⁸ bat⁷ joeng⁶ sou¹ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ guog³ bed¹ yêng⁶ sou¹ méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ pɐt̚⁵ jœːŋ²² sou̯⁵⁵ mei̯²¹/

Idiom

巾幗不讓鬚眉

1. (of a woman) to not be worse than men; to not be inferior to men; to be as good as men