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宅男
  zaak6 naam4   jyutping
  zhai2 nan2   pinyin
shut-in; introvert; male who stays home a lot
[1] ... and rarely goes out;
[2] ... watching TV and playing video games all the time;
[3] ... and doesn't like to socialize with other people;
[4] ... and doesn't care about his personal hygene.

[related word] 隱蔽青年

Possibly came from the Japanese term "御宅 / 御宅族". In Japanese context, it has a rather different meaning, referring to people who are passionate about Animation, Comic and (computer/video) Game [ACG].
noun

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
宅男

This word has been viewed 3628 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 20th Jan 2008 02:57 and last edited on 9th Oct 2016 04:47
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Characters in this word:

 zaak6 zaak6*2  -  house; residence; dwelling
 naam4  -  man
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