trọng nam khinh nữ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 重男輕女 (“valuing men and belittling women; favouring boys over girls”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧ˀ˨ʔ naːm˧˧ xïŋ˧˧ nɨ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈawŋ͡m˨ˀ˨ʔ naːm˧˧ kʰɨ̞̠n˧˧ nɨ˧˩ʔ]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈawŋ͡m˨˩˨ naːm˧˧ kʰɨ̞̠n˧˧ nɨ˨˩˦]

Idiom

trọng nam khinh nữ

  1. valuing men and belittling women; favouring boys over girls
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