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Chinese

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male to honour female; woman; daughter
low; base; vulgar
low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble
 
trad. (男尊女卑)
simp. #(男尊女卑)
anagram 女尊男卑

Etymology

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From Liezi:

男女男尊女卑 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
男女男尊女卑 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Liezi, 1st – 5th 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

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Noun

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男尊女卑

  1. (derogatory) male domination and female subordination; male chauvinism; treatment of females as inferior to males
    男尊女卑封建社會遺留下來思想觀念錯誤認為男人女人高貴 [MSC, trad.]
    男尊女卑封建社会遗留下来思想观念错误认为男人女人高贵 [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.

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (男尊女卑):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
だん
Grade: 1
そん
Grade: 6
じょ
Grade: 1

Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
男尊女卑 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んそんじょ [dàńsóńjóꜜhì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [dã̠ɰ̃sõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞çi]

Noun

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(だん)(そん)(じょ)() (dansonjohi

  1. male chauvinism, valuing men above women
    Antonym: 女尊男卑
    男尊女卑(だんそんじょひ)社会(しゃかい)
    dansonjohi no shakai
    a male-dominated society

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References

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

Korean

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Hanja in this term

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男尊女卑 (namjonnyeobi) (hangeul 남존여비)

  1. hanja form? of 남존여비 (male chauvinism, valuing men above women)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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男尊女卑

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