一男半女

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	male	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (一男半女)		一	男	半	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnánbànnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ naam⁴ bun³ neoi⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīnánbànnǚ [Phonetic: yìnánbànnǚ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inanbannneu
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ nän³⁵ pän⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ naam⁴ bun³ neoi⁵
  - Yale: yāt nàahm bun néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ naam⁴ bun³ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ nam⁴ bun³ nêu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ näːm²¹ puːn³³ nɵy̯¹³/

Idiom

一男半女

a child; a son or daughter (emphasizing the small number of children)

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