男不男女不女

Chinese

		male	not; no	male	female; woman; daughter	not; no	female; woman; daughter
trad. (男不男女不女)		男	不	男	女	不	女
simp. #(男不男女不女)		男	不	男	女	不	女
alternative forms		男不男，女不女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nán bù nán nǚ bù nǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nán bù nán nǚ bù nǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nán bù nán nyǔ bù nyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: nan² pu⁴ nan² nü³ pu⁴ nü³
    • Yale: nán bù nán nyǔ bù nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan bu nan neu bu neu
    • Palladius: нань бу нань нюй бу нюй (nanʹ bu nanʹ njuj bu njuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ pu⁵¹ nän³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

男不男女不女

1. men are not like men and women are not like women
2. neither male nor female; androgynous
3. (now rare) neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring

See also

• 僧不僧，俗不俗