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男左女右

Mandarin · pinyin nán zuǒ nǚ yòu

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男: nán · male, man; son; baron; surname
左: zuǒ · left; east; unorthodox, improper
女: nǚ · woman, girl; feminine; Kangxi radical 38; 10th lunar mansion, determinative star ε Aquarii (Albali)
右: yòu · right; west; right-wing

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

2–3–3–4 · nan2 zuo3 nu:3 you4

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naam4 zo2 neoi5 jau6

Cantonese word readings for 男左女右. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

naam4 zo2 neoi5 jau6

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

(idiomatic) 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)