男左女右

Chinese

		male	left	female; woman; daughter	right (-hand)
trad. (男左女右)		男	左	女	右
simp. ^#(男左女右)		男	左	女	右

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánzuǒnǚyòu

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄩˇ ㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ zo² neoi⁵ jau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánzuǒnǚyòu [Phonetic: nánzuónǚyòu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄩˇ ㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánzuǒnyǔyòu
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-tso³-nü³-yu⁴
  - Yale: nán-dzwǒ-nyǔ-yòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nantzuooneuyow
  - Palladius: наньцзонюйю (nanʹczonjujju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ t͡swɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ joʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ zo² neoi⁵ jau⁶
  - Yale: nàahm jó néuih yauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ dzo² noey⁵ jau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ zo² nêu⁵ yeo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ t͡sɔː³⁵ nɵy̯¹³ jɐu̯²²/

Idiom

男左女右

the left refers to males and the right to females; the left is for males, the right is for females; males and females are different (traditional saying)

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