鋼鐵直男

Chinese

		iron and steel; steel	heterosexual man; straight man; man who fails to understand women
trad. (鋼鐵直男)		鋼鐵	直男
simp. (钢铁直男)		钢铁	直男
Literally: “a male as straight (heterosexual) as steel”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāngtiě zhínán

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāngtiě zhínán
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gangtiě jhíhnán
    • Wade–Giles: kang¹-tʻieh³ chih²-nan²
    • Yale: gāng-tyě jŕ-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gangtiee jyrnan
    • Palladius: ганте чжинань (gante čžinanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ nän³⁵/

Phrase

鋼鐵直男

1. (Mainland China, neologism, slang) man who is very straight (heterosexual)

Synonyms

• 宇宙直男