男女授受不親 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 男女授受不亲 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 親(qīn)parent A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0