nam tôn nữ ti

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男尊女卑 (“valuing men above women, the belief that men are superior to women”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ ton˧˧ nɨ˦ˀ˥ ti˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ toŋ˧˧ nɨ˧˨ tɪj˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ toŋ˧˧ nɨ˨˩˦ tɪj˧˧]

Idiom

nam tôn nữ ti

  1. valuing men above women, the belief that men are superior to women
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