男尊女卑

Chinese

		male	to honour	female; woman; daughter	low; base; vulgar low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble
trad. (男尊女卑)		男	尊	女	卑
simp. #(男尊女卑)		男	尊	女	卑

Etymology

From Liezi:

男女之別，男尊女卑，故以男為貴；吾既得為男矣，是二樂也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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男女之别，男尊女卑，故以男为贵；吾既得为男矣，是二乐也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Liezi, 1^st – 5^th century CE

Nánnǚ zhī bié, nánzūnnǚbēi, gù yǐ nán wèi guì; wú jì dé wéi nán yǐ, shì èr lè yě. [Pinyin]

Men and women are different: men are superior and women are inferior, therefore men are valued; since I get to be a man, that's my second joy.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánzūnnǚbēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄋㄩˇ ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ zyun¹ neoi⁵ bei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâm-chun-lí-pi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánzūnnǚbēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄋㄩˇ ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánzunnyǔbei
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-tsun¹-nü³-pei¹
    • Yale: nán-dzwūn-nyǔ-bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nantzuenneubei
    • Palladius: наньцзуньнюйбэй (nanʹczunʹnjujbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ zyun¹ neoi⁵ bei¹
    • Yale: nàahm jyūn néuih bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ dzyn¹ noey⁵ bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ jun¹ nêu⁵ béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ t͡syːn⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³ pei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-chun-lí-pi
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-tsun-lí-pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamzunly'py
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² t͡sun³³ li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/

Noun

男尊女卑

1. (derogatory) male domination and female subordination; male chauvinism; treatment of females as inferior to males

   男尊女卑是封建社會遺留下來的思想觀念，它錯誤地認為男人比女人高貴。 [MSC, trad.]
   男尊女卑是封建社会遗留下来的思想观念，它错误地认为男人比女人高贵。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nánzūnnǚbēi shì fēngjiànshèhuì yíliú xiàlái de sīxiǎng guānniàn, tā cuòwù de rènwèi nánrén bǐ nǚrén gāoguì. [Pinyin]

   The ideology of male domination and female subordination is handed down from feudal society and wrongly holds that males are nobler than females.

Synonyms

• (derogatory) 大男人主義／大男人主义 (dànánrénzhǔyì)
• (derogatory) 大男子主義／大男子主义 (dànánzǐzhǔyì)
• (neologism, slang, derogatory) 直男癌 (zhínán'ái)

Antonyms

• 女尊男卑 (nǚzūnnánbēi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (男尊女卑):

• → Japanese: 男尊女卑(だんそんじょひ) (dansonjohi)
• → Korean: 남존여비(男尊女卑) (namjonyeobi)
• → Vietnamese: nam tôn nữ ti (男尊女卑)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
男	尊	女	卑
だん Grade: 1	そん Grade: 6	じょ Grade: 1	ひ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
男尊女卑 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だんそんじょ​ひ [dàńsóńjóꜜhì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [dã̠ɰ̃sõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞çi]

Noun

男(だん)尊(そん)女(じょ)卑(ひ) • (dansonjohi) 

1. male chauvinism, valuing men above women

   Antonym: 女尊男卑

   男尊女卑(だんそんじょひ)の社会(しゃかい)

   dansonjohi no shakai

   a male-dominated society

Antonyms

• 女尊男卑 (じょそんだんぴ, ​josondanpi): female chauvinism

Korean

Hanja in this term
男	尊	女	卑

Noun

男尊女卑 • (namjonnyeobi) (hangeul 남존여비)

1. Hanja form^? of 남존여비 (“male chauvinism, valuing men above women”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
男	尊	女	卑

Noun

男尊女卑

1. chữ Hán form of nam tôn nữ ti (“male chauvinism, valuing men above women”).