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
trad. (一男半女)		一	男	半	女
simp. #(一男半女)		一	男	半	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnánbànnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ naam⁴ bun³ neoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnánbànnǚ [Phonetic: yìnánbànnǚ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinánbànnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-nan²-pan⁴-nü³
    • Yale: yī-nán-bàn-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inanbannneu
    • Palladius: инаньбаньнюй (inanʹbanʹnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ nän³⁵ pän⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ naam⁴ bun³ neoi⁵
    • Yale: yāt nàahm bun néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ naam⁴ bun³ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ nam⁴ bun³ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ naːm²¹ puːn³³ nɵy̯¹³/

Idiom

一男半女

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