男 (naam4 | nan2) : man

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男

naam4

nan2

[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 17069 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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男人 naam4 jan4*2 nan2 ren2 = man

男朋友 naam4 pang4 jau5 nan2 peng2 you5 = boyfriend

男仔 naam4 zai2 = boy 粵

男生 naam4 saang1 nan2 sheng1 = a schoolboy; a male student

男性 naam4 sing3 nan2 xing4 = male gender

男子 naam4 zi2 nan2 zi3 = a man, a male, male (person)

男友 naam4 jau5 nan2 you3 = male friend; boyfriend

男丁 naam4 ding1 = an able-bodied man

男孩兒 naam4 haai4 ji4 nan2 hair2 = boy 國

男人味 naam4 jan4*2 mei6 nan2 ren2 wei4 = masculine; man smell

男主角 naam4 zyu2 gok3 nan2 zhu3 jue2 = leading actor; leading man

少男少女 siu3 naam4 siu3 neoi5*2 shao4 nan2 shao4 nv3 = boys and girls

男人老狗 naam4 jan4 lou5 gau2 = A (real) man

男女平等 naam4 neoi5 ping4 dang2 nan2 nv3 ping2 deng3 = sexual equality; the equality of men and women

處男 cyu2 naam4 chu4 nan2 = male virgin

男童軍 naam4 tung4 gwan1 nan2 tong2 jun1 = boy scout(s)

男女 naam4 neoi5 nan2 nv3 = male-female

男童 naam4 tung4 = boy

男裝 naam4 zong1 = men's clothes

善男信女 sin6 naam4 seon3 neoi5 = devotees to Buddha; devout men and women

住家男人 zyu6 gaa1 naam4 jan4*2 = house husband

男界 naam4 gaai3 = (toilet for) the gentlemen

男仔頭 naam4 zai2 tau4 = tomboy 粵

男性化 naam4 sing3 faa3 = gamine

男人婆 naam4 jan4 po4 = tomboy

男人頭 naam4 jan4 tau4 = woman who looks, acts like a man

男妓 naam4 gei6 = boytoy, a male prostitute

男學生 naam4 hok6 saang1 = a boy student, a schoolboy

男孩 naam4 haai4 nan2 hai2 = boy 國

姨甥男女 ji4 sang1 naam4 neoi5 yi2 sheng5 nan2 nv3 = wife's sister's children

男子籃球 naam4 zi2 laam4 kau4 nan2 zi3 lan2 qiu2 = men's basketball

男孩子 naam4 haai4 zi2 nan2 hai2 zi3 = boy

男性尊稱 naam4 sing3 zyun1 cing1 nan2 xing4 zun1 cheng1 = esquire

男性親屬 naam4 sing3 can1 suk6 nan2 xing4 qin1 shu3 = kinsman

美男子 mei5 naam4 zi2 = dreamboat (a very handsome man)

男廁 naam4 ci3 nan2 ce4 = the Gentlemen's (bathroom), the men's room

男低音 naam4 dai1 jam1 nan2 di1 yin1 = bass

男高音 naam4 gou1 jam1 nan2 gao1 yin1 = tenor

男工 naam4 gung1 = male worker

男工人 naam4 gung1 jan4 = male worker

長男 zoeng2 naam4 = [n] eldest son

男子氣 naam4 zi2 hei3 nan2 zi3 qi4 = manly; masculine

男童院 naam4 tung4 jyun6*2 nan2 tong2 yuan4 = a reform school for boys

男尊女卑 naam4 zyun1 neoi5 bei1 nan2 zun1 nv3 bei1 = "men are superior to women"

男士 naam4 si6 = a gentleman

男廁所 naam4 ci3 so2 nan2 ce4 suo3 = men's lavatory (or toilet, room)

男高音演唱家 naam4 gou1 jam1 jin2 coeng3 gaa1 nan2 gao1 yin1 yan3 chang4 jia1 = a tenorist

男中音 naam4 zung1 jam1 nan2 zhong1 yin1 = baritone

男人四十一枝花，女人四十爛茶渣 naam4 jan4*2 sei3 sap6 jat1 zi1 faa1, neoi5 jan4*2 sei3 sap3 laan6 caa4 zaa1 = men at age 40 blossom like flowers, women at age 40 are nothing but used tea leaves

電車男 din6 ce1 naam4 = computer nerd 粵

男人之苦 naam4 jan4*2 zi1 fu2 = difficulties of a man

男儐相 naam4 ban1 soeng3 nan2 bin4 xiang1 = a best man; best man; bridesman; groomsman

重男輕女 zung6 naam4 heng1 neoi5 zhong4 nan2 qing1 nv3 = value men above women

宅男 zaak6 naam4 zhai2 nan2 = shut-in; introvert

都市型男 dou1 si5 jing4 naam4 = a metrosexual

型男索女 jing4 naam4 sok3 neoi5*2 = charming boys and girls; fashionable guys and gals 粵

五男二女 ng5 naam4 ji6 neoi5 wu3 nan2 er4 nv3 = with many offspring - an indicator of good fortune

孤男寡女 gu1 naam4 gwaa2 neoi5 gu1 nan2 gua3 nv3 = a male and a female together alone

索女型男 sok3 neoi5*2 jing4 naam4 = hot girl, hot guy 粵 (common formation)

男家 naam4 gaa1 nan2 jia1 = the husband's family

男女有別 naam4 neoi5 jau5 bit6 nan2 nv3 you3 bie2 = males and females should be treated differently

小男人 siu2 naam4 jan4 xiao3 nan2 ren2 = toy boy; boy toy

男女老幼 naam4 neoi5 lou5 jau3 nan2 nv3 lao3 you4 = everybody

舞男 mou5 naam4 wu3 nan2 = gigolo; lounge lizard

型男 jing4 naam4 = hunk 粵

男傭 naam4 jung4 nan2 yong1 = domestic helper (male)

臭男人 cau3 naam4 jan4 chou4 nan2 ren2 = bad guy, bad man

兩男一女得個嬲字 leong5 naam4 jat1 neoi5 dak1 go3 nau1 zi6 liang3 nan2 yi1 nv3 de2 ge4 niao3 zi4 = two guys and one girl means trouble (anger) 粵

毒男 duk6 naam4 du2 nan2 = nerd; geek

猥褻男 wai2 sit3 naam4 wei3 xie4 nan2 = a lewd male

男歡女愛 naam4 fun1 neoi5 oi3 nan2 huan1 nv3 ai4 = 1.love relationship between a man and a woman (usually of sexual nature)

男兒 naam4 ji4 nan2 er2 = a man; a guy

男兒膝下有黃金 naam4 ji4 sat1 haa6 jau5 wong4 gam1 nan2 er2 xi1 xia4 you3 huang2 jin1 = a man should not be quick to bow his knees

男兒志在四方 naam4 ji4 zi3 zoi6 sei3 fong1 nan2 er2 zhi4 zai4 si4 fang1 = a man should have great ambitions and ideals

男裝部 naam4 zong1 bou6 nan2 zhuang1 bu4 = men's clothing department

直男 zik6 naam4 zhi2 nan2 = straight male (heterosexual)

彎男 waan1 naam4 wan1 nan2 = bent male (homosexual)

男按摩師 naam4 on3 mo1 si1 nan2 an4 mo2 shi1 = masseur

男神 naam4 san4 nan2 shen2 = male idol

男風 naam4 fung1 = homosexual relationship between men

男性更年期 naam4 sing3 gang1 nin4 kei4 nan2 xing4 geng1 nian2 qi1/qi2 (PRC/Taiwan) = andropause

男色 naam4 sik1 nan2 se4 = sodomy; buggery

拖男帶女 to1 naam4 daai3 neoi5 = all the world and his wife

兩男夾女 loeng5 naam4 gaap3 neoi5 = a "Chicken Sandwich"; a menage a trois

男青年會 naam4 cing1 nin4 wui6*2 = YMCA, Young Men's Christian Association

中性時裝男 zung1 sing3 si4 zong1 naam4 zhong1 xing4 shi2 zhuang1 nan2 = a metrosexual

男女日光浴 naam4 neoi5 jat6 gwong1 juk6 = a tailless pun for "total failure" 粵

大男人主義 daai6 naam4 jan4 zyu2 ji6 da4 nan2 ren2 zhu3 yi4 = male chauvinism

男拔 naam4 bat6 nan2 ba2 = DBS; diocesan boys' school

洋蔥男 joeng4 cung1 naam4 yang2 cong1 nan2 = womanizer

鳳凰男 fung6 wong4 naam4 feng4 huang2 nan2 = phoenix man

寵物男 cung2 mat6 naam4 chong3 wu4 nan2 = pet hubby

郭英男 gwok3 jing1 naam4 guo1 ying1 nan2 = Difang

施易男 si1 ji6 naam4 shi1 yi4 nan2 = Eli Si

Showing 10 of 13 examples containing 男

你有冇男朋友呀? 粵
Do you have a boyfriend?

我介紹我男朋友畀你識粵
Let me introduce my boyfriend.
[lit. I introduce me boyfriend give you know.]

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]

有男人有一匹白色馬
There was once a man with a white horse.

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]

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]]

《電車男》係封閉青年粵
The "train man" is a loner

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.

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.

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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