直男

Chinese

		straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	male
simp. and trad. (直男)		直	男

Etymology

Calque of English straight man.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhínán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ naam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhínán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhnán
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-nan²
    • Yale: jŕ-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrnan
    • Palladius: чжинань (čžinanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ naam⁴
    • Yale: jihk nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² naːm²¹/

Noun

直男

1. (neologism, slang) heterosexual man; straight man
2. (neologism, slang) man who fails to understand women

Derived terms

• 直男癌 (zhínán'ái)
• 鋼鐵直男 / 钢铁直男 (gāngtiě zhínán)