男女授受不亲 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 男女授受不親 nánnǚshòushòubùqīn ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄡˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄣ men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius) Character by character 男(nán)male 女(nǚ)female 授(shòu)confer 受(shòu)receive 不(bù)no 亲(qīn)parent A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0