男女

See also: 娚

Chinese

male female; woman; daughter
trad. (男女) 男 女
simp. #(男女) 男 女

Pronunciation



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/
Bernard
Karlgren
/năm/ /ni̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nán nǚ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
naam4 neoi5
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.
  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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (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])[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

    References

    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

    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”).
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