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/

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• Middle Chinese: nom nrjoX

Rime
Character	男	女
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	那含切	尼吕切
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/năm/	/ni̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nán	nǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naam4	neoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤ[ə]m  nraʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuːm  naʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	男	女
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nán	nǚ
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	男	女
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	9354	9616
Phonetic component	男	女
Rime group	侵	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	南
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.

   • 其中往來種作，男女衣著，悉如外人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其中往来种作，男女衣著，悉如外人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 421, Tao Yuanming, 桃花源記 (The Peach Blossom Spring)

     Qízhōng wǎnglái zhǒngzuò, nánnǚ yīzhù, xī rú wàirén. [Pinyin]

     There were people walking back and forth, busying themselves with planting crops. The clothing of the men and women was just like those of the ones outside.

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

• 喬男女／乔男女
• 小男女
• 潑男女／泼男女
• 男女不親授／男女不亲授
• 男女同校 (nánnǚ tóngxiào)
• 男女大事
• 男女平權／男女平权
• 男女平等
• 男女授受不親／男女授受不亲 (nánnǚ shòushòubùqīn)
• 男女有別／男女有别 (nánnǚyǒubié)
• 男女老少 (nánnǚlǎoshào)
• 男女老幼 (nánnǚlǎoyòu)
• 男女關係／男女关系 (nánnǚ guānxì)
• 男男女女 (nánnánnǚnǚ)
• 童男女
• 老少男女 (lǎoshàonánnǚ)
• 飲食男女／饮食男女 (yǐnshínánnǚ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (男女):

• → Japanese: 男女(だんじょ) (danjo)
• → Korean: 남녀(男女) (namnyeo)
• → Vietnamese: nam nữ (男女)

Japanese

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

Kanji in this term
男	女
なん Grade: 1	にょ Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

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

Noun

男(だん)女(じょ) or 男(なん)女(にょ) • (danjo or nannyo)  (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
• 老若男女(ろうにゃくなんにょ) (rōnyakunannyo)

Related terms

• 性別
• 性

Korean

Hanja in this term
男	女

Noun

男女 • (namnyeo) (hangeul 남녀)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
男	女

Noun

男女

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