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男
  naam4   jyutping
  nan2   pinyin
[1] [n] human male; man; boy; son [2] [n] baron

Stroke count: 7
Level: 1
Radical: 田 (#102)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
男

This word has been viewed 20471 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44
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detail 男人  naam4 jan4*2  nan2 ren2 = man
detail 男朋友  naam4 pang4 jau5  nan2 peng2 you5 = boyfriend
detail 男仔  naam4 zai2   = boy 粵
detail 男生  naam4 saang1  nan2 sheng1 = a schoolboy; a male student
detail 男性  naam4 sing3  nan2 xing4 = male gender
detail 男子  naam4 zi2  nan2 zi3 = a man, a male, male (person)
detail 男友  naam4 jau5  nan2 you3 = male friend; boyfriend
detail 男丁  naam4 ding1   = an able-bodied man
detail 男孩兒  naam4 haai4 ji4  nan2 hair2 = boy 國
detail 男人味  naam4 jan4*2 mei6  nan2 ren2 wei4 = masculine; man smell
See all 93 compounds (CantoDict reports 94 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 13 examples containing 男
detail audio 你有冇男朋友呀? 粵
Do you have a boyfriend?
detail 我介紹我男朋友畀你識 粵
Let me introduce my boyfriend.
[lit. I introduce me boyfriend give you know.]
detail audio 嘩！你個男朋友咁鬼樣衰㗎! 粵
Oh my god! Your boyfriend is so ugly!
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797,131965#msg-131965]
detail audio 有男人有一匹白色馬
There was once a man with a white horse.
detail 個男仔挖起棵樹樁 粵
The boy digs up a tree stump.
[Lit. [counter] man-child dig up [counter] tree-stump]
detail 你哋呢，係咪有好多男朋友㗎 粵
You must be popular with the boys!
[Lit. you [plural] [clause delimiter], is-or-is-it-not have many boyfriend [particle]]
detail 《電車男》係封閉青年 粵
The "train man" is a loner
detail 有個男仔坐喺露台欄河度，似乎想跳樓噃 粵
There's a man sitting on the barrier of the balcony as though he is about to jump off the building.
detail audio 我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。 粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.
detail 今日成朝開籠雀噉梗係男朋友返咗嚟 粵
She’s been talking non-stop the whole morning. Probably because the boyfriend has come back.
[Alternative (more literal) translation: She was singing the whole morning like a bird (not in captivity). The boyfriend must have returned to her.]
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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