鳳凰男

Chinese

		fenghuang, better known as the "Chinese phoenix"	male
trad. (鳳凰男)		鳳凰	男
simp. (凤凰男)		凤凰	男
Literally: “phoenix man”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fènghuángnán

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁶ wong⁴ naam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fènghuángnán → fènghuangnán (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄋㄢˊ → ㄈㄥˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄤㄋㄢˊ (toneless variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenq.hwangnan
  - IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ na̠n³⁵/ → /fɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ¹ na̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung⁶ wong⁴ naam⁴
  - Yale: fuhng wòhng nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁶ wong⁴ naam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung⁶ wong⁴ nam⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²² wɔːŋ²¹ nɑːm²¹/

Noun

鳳凰男

(neologism) a man from the countryside who moves to the city (usually through admission into a university), becomes successful and marries an urban girl

See also

孔雀女 (kǒngquènǚ, “‘peacock woman’; an urban woman who marries the formerly rural ‘phoenix man’”)

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