重男輕女 [－－轻－]

Jyutping zung6 naam4 hing1 neoi5
Pinyin zhòng nán qīng nǚ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    重視​男性​而​輕視​女性​；​認為​男人​比​女人​重要​，​因此​男人​可以​得到​更加​多​嘅​權​利
    to prefer boys to girls; to think that men are more superior than women so men are entitled to more rights
    • 你嗰陣重男輕女，咪唔供我去讀書囉。
      你𠮶阵重男轻女，咪唔供我去读书啰。
      nei5 go2 zan6 zung6 naam4 hing1 neoi5, mai6 m4 gung1 ngo5 heoi3 duk6 syu1 lo1.
      You preferred boys to girls so you didn't pay for my school fee.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    valuing men and belittling women; favouring boys over girls
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    重男轻女
    重男輕女
    zung6 naam4 hing1 neoi5
    • to prefer boys to girls
  2. Cantonese
    你𠮶阵重男轻女，咪唔供我去读书啰。
    你嗰陣重男輕女，咪唔供我去讀書囉。
    nei5 go2 zan6 zung6 naam4 hing1 neoi5, mai6 m4 gung1 ngo5 heoi3 duk6 syu1 lo1.
    • You preferred boys to girls so you didn't pay for my school fee.
  3. Cantonese
    喺中国农村，重男轻女嘅思想仍然根深蒂固。
    喺中國農村，重男輕女嘅思想仍然根深蒂固。
    hai2 zung1 gwok3 nung4 cyun1, zung6 naam4 hing1 neoi5 ge3 si1 soeng2 jing4 jin4 gan1 sam1 dai3 gu3.
    • In remote villages of China, patriarchy is still an ingrained tradition.