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男女老少

男女老少

Chinese

		man and woman; men and women; both sexes	the old and the young
simp. and trad. (男女老少)		男女	老少

Idiom

男女老少

young and old of both sexes; everyone in society

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): nánnǚlǎoshào

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ neoi⁵ lou⁵ siu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: nánnǚlǎoshào
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanneulaoshaw
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ neoi⁵ lou⁵ siu³
  - Yale: nàahm néuih lóuh siu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ noey⁵ lou⁵ siu³
  - IPA ^(key): /nɑːm²¹ nɵy̯¹³ lou̯¹³ siːu̯³³/