直男癌

Chinese

		heterosexual man; straight man; man who fails to understand women	cancer; carcinoma
simp. and trad. (直男癌)		直男	癌
Literally: “straight men's cancer”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhínán'ái, zhínányán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄞˊ, ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhínán'ái
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhnán-ái
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-nan²-ai²
    • Yale: jŕ-nán-ái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrnanair
    • Palladius: чжинаньай (čžinanʹaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ nän³⁵ ˀaɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhínányán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhnányán
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-nan²-yen²
    • Yale: jŕ-nán-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrnanyan
    • Palladius: чжинаньянь (čžinanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ nän³⁵ jɛn³⁵/

Noun

直男癌

1. (neologism, slang, derogatory) male chauvinism

Synonyms

• (derogatory) 大男人主義／大男人主义 (dànánrénzhǔyì)
• (derogatory) 大男子主義／大男子主义 (dànánzǐzhǔyì)
• (derogatory) 男尊女卑 (nánzūnnǚbēi)