男尊女卑 nánzūnnǚbēi male chauvinism Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 男 nán nounadjective male (bound form) male; man; boy; masculine; opposite of 女 nǚ尊 zūn verbnoun to respect to respect; to honor; to venerate; to esteem女 nǚ adjectivenoun female woman; female; feminine (often used as a modifier)卑 bēi to look down on (literary bound form) to treat as inferior; to despise or belittle