鳳凰男
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Chinese
| fenghuang; the "Chinese phoenix"; phoenix | male | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鳳凰男) | 鳳凰 | 男 | |
| simp. (凤凰男) | 凤凰 | 男 | |
| Literally: “phoenix man”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄋㄢˊ → ㄈㄥˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄤ ㄋㄢˊ (toneless variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: fònghuångnán
- Wade–Giles: fêng4-huang5-nan2
- Yale: fèng-hwang-nán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenq.hwangnan
- Palladius: фэнхуаннань (fɛnxuannanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ nän³⁵/ → /fɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ¹ nän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fung6 wong4 naam4
- Yale: fuhng wòhng nàahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: fung6 wong4 naam4
- Guangdong Romanization: fung6 wong4 nam4
- Sinological IPA (key): /fʊŋ²² wɔːŋ²¹ naːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
鳳凰男
- (neologism) man from the countryside who moves to the city (usually through admission into a university), becomes successful and usually marries an urban girl
See also
- 孔雀女 (kǒngquènǚ, “‘peacock woman’; an urban woman who marries the formerly rural ‘phoenix man’”)