# 男尊女卑
## Chinese

| | | male | to honour | female; woman; daughter | low; base; vulgarlow; base; vulgar; inferior; humble |
| trad. (男尊女卑) | trad. (男尊女卑) | 男 | 尊 | 女 | 卑 |
| simp. $^#$(男尊女卑) | simp. $^#$(男尊女卑) | 男 | 尊 | 女 | 卑 |
| anagram | anagram | 女尊男卑 | 女尊男卑 | 女尊男卑 | 女尊男卑 |

### 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.]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, 1st – 5th century CENánnǚ 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): naam$^4$ zyun$^1$ neoi$^5$ bei$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâm-chun-lí-pi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nánzūnnǚbēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄋㄩˇ ㄅㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nánzunnyǔbei
*** Wade–Giles: nan$^2$-tsun$^1$-nü$^3$-pei$^1$
*** Yale: nán-dzwūn-nyǔ-bēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nantzuenneubei
*** Palladius: наньцзуньнюйбэй (nanʹczunʹnjujbɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /nän³⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: naam$^4$ zyun$^1$ neoi$^5$ bei$^1$
*** Yale: nàahm jyūn néuih bēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naam$^4$ dzyn$^1$ noey$^5$ bei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nam$^4$ jun$^1$ nêu$^5$ béi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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
* (derogatory) male domination and female subordination; male chauvinism; treatment of females as inferior to males
       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

* → 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: [dã̠ɰ̃sõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞çi]

### Noun

男(だん)尊(そん)女(じょ)卑(ひ) • (dansonjohi)
* 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

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 男 | 尊 | 女 | 卑 |

### Noun

男尊女卑 • (namjonnyeobi) (hangeul 남존여비)
* 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
* chữ Hán form of nam tôn nữ ti (“male chauvinism, valuing men above women”).