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Chinese
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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男
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女
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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nán
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nǚ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ nom ›
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‹ nrjoX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*nˁm/
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/*nraʔ/
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English
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man, male
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female
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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男
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女
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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No.
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9354
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9616
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Phonetic component
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男
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女
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Rime group
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侵
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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南
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Old Chinese
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/*nuːm/
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/*naʔ/
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Noun
男女
- 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.
- Men and women are more efficient when they work together.
- (literary, in general) common people; the masses
- (literary) sexual desire; lust
- (literary) sons and daughters; children
- (literary) Term of address for, or a humble term of address used by, a person who has low social status.
- (literary) A term of abuse.
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
男女 or 男女 • (danjo or nannyo) (counter 人)
- man and woman, men and women; both sexes
- boy and girl, boys and girls
Derived terms
References
Korean
Noun
男女 • (namnyeo) (hangeul 남녀)
- hanja form? of 남녀 (“man and woman”)
Vietnamese
Noun
男女
- chữ Hán form of nam nữ (“man and woman”).