飲食男女

Chinese

		desire for food	desire for sex
trad. (飲食男女)		飲食	男女
simp. (饮食男女)		饮食	男女

Etymology

From the Book of Rites.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐnshínánnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄕˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam² sik⁶ naam⁴ neoi⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǐnshínánnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄕˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyinshynanneu
  - IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ nän³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam² sik⁶ naam⁴ neoi⁵
  - Yale: yám sihk nàahm néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam² sik⁹ naam⁴ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem² xig⁶ nam⁴ nêu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐm³⁵ sɪk̚² näːm²¹ nɵy̯¹³/

Idiom

飲食男女

desire for food and sex; basic human needs; natural disposition of mankind

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