"直男" meaning in All languages combined

See 直男 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ nän³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /t͡sɪk̚² naːm²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ nän³⁵/, /t͡sɪk̚² naːm²¹/ Chinese transliterations: zhínán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zik⁶ naam⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], zhínán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], jhíhnán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chih²-nan² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], jŕ-nán [Mandarin, Yale, standard], jyrnan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], чжинань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], čžinanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], jihk nàahm [Cantonese, Yale], dzik⁹ naam⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], jig⁶ nam⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Calque of English straight man. Etymology templates: {{calque|zh|en|straight man}} Calque of English straight man Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 直男
  1. (neologism, slang) heterosexual man; straight man (Classifier: 個/个 m c) Tags: neologism, slang
    Sense id: en-直男-zh-noun-9~UwwTqs Categories (other): Chinese neologisms, Chinese nouns classified by 個/个, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, LGBTQ Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 65 35
  2. (neologism, slang) man who fails to understand women (Classifier: 個/个 m c) Tags: neologism, slang
    Sense id: en-直男-zh-noun-YpoOCEOc Categories (other): Chinese neologisms, Chinese nouns classified by 個/个, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Male, People Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Male: 0 100 Disambiguation of People: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 直男癌 (zhínán'ái), 鋼鐵直男 (gāngtiě zhínán), 钢铁直男 (gāngtiě zhínán)
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "鋼鐵直男"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "钢铁直男"
    }
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          "understand",
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          "women",
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        [
          "個",
          "個#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "个",
          "个#Chinese"
        ]
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        "(neologism, slang) man who fails to understand women (Classifier: 個/个 m c)"
      ],
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhínán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zik⁶ naam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhínán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhíhnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih²-nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jŕ-nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyrnan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжинань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžinanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jihk nàahm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzik⁹ naam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jig⁶ nam⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɪk̚² naːm²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ nän³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɪk̚² naːm²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "直男"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms calqued from English",
    "Chinese terms derived from English",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 男",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 直",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:LGBTQ",
    "zh:Male",
    "zh:People"
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      "roman": "zhínán'ái",
      "word": "直男癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāngtiě zhínán",
      "word": "鋼鐵直男"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāngtiě zhínán",
      "word": "钢铁直男"
    }
  ],
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    }
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        "(neologism, slang) heterosexual man; straight man (Classifier: 個/个 m c)"
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          "man",
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          "fail"
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          "women",
          "women"
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          "個",
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          "个",
          "个#Chinese"
        ]
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        "(neologism, slang) man who fails to understand women (Classifier: 個/个 m c)"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhínán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zik⁶ naam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhínán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhíhnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih²-nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jŕ-nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyrnan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжинань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžinanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "jihk nàahm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzik⁹ naam⁴"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jig⁶ nam⁴"
    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡sɪk̚² naːm²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ nän³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɪk̚² naːm²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "直男"
}

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