男左女右

Chinese

		male	left	female; woman; daughter	right (-hand)
trad. (男左女右)		男	左	女	右
simp. #(男左女右)		男	左	女	右

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánzuǒnǚyòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄩˇ ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ zo² neoi⁵ jau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánzuǒnǚyòu [Phonetic: nánzuónǚyòu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄩˇ ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánzuǒnyǔyòu
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-tso³-nü³-yu⁴
    • Yale: nán-dzwǒ-nyǔ-yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nantzuooneuyow
    • Palladius: наньцзонюйю (nanʹczonjujju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ zo² neoi⁵ jau⁶
    • Yale: nàahm jó néuih yauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ dzo² noey⁵ jau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ zo² nêu⁵ yeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ t͡sɔː³⁵ nɵy̯¹³ jɐu̯²²/

Idiom

男左女右

1. the left refers to males and the right to females; the left is for males, the right is for females; males and females are different (traditional saying)