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男女老幼

男女老幼

Chinese

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

Idiom

男女老幼

the male and the female, the old and the young: everybody

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): nánnǚlǎoyòu

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ neoi⁵ lou⁵ jau³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàm-ńg-ló-yu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: nánnǚlǎoyòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanneulaoyow
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ neoi⁵ lou⁵ jau³
  - Yale: nàahm néuih lóuh yau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ noey⁵ lou⁵ jau³
  - IPA ^(key): /nɑːm²¹ nɵy̯¹³ lou̯¹³ jɐu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-ńg-ló-yu
  - Hakka Romanization System: namˇ ng` lo` iu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nam² ng³ lo³ yiu⁴
  - IPA: /nam¹¹ ŋ̍³¹ lo³¹ i̯u⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-ńg-ló-yu
  - Hakka Romanization System: namˇ ng` lo` (r)iu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nam² ng³ lo³ yiu⁴
  - IPA: /nam¹¹ ŋ̍³¹ lo³¹ (j)i̯u⁵⁵/