男不男女不女

Chinese

		male	not; no	male	female; woman; daughter	not; no	female; woman; daughter
trad. (男不男女不女)		男	不	男	女	不	女
simp. ^#(男不男女不女)		男	不	男	女	不	女
alternative forms		男不男，女不女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nán bù nán nǚ bù nǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nán bù nán nǚ bù nǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nán bù nán nyǔ bù nyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: nan² pu⁴ nan² nü³ pu⁴ nü³
  - Yale: nán bù nán nyǔ bù nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan bu nan neu bu neu
  - Palladius: нань бу нань нюй бу нюй (nanʹ bu nanʹ njuj bu njuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ pu⁵¹ nän³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

男不男女不女

men are not like men and women are not like women
neither male nor female; androgynous
(now rare) neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring

See also

僧不僧，俗不俗

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