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nán

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nán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nán | nan2
English translation
male
Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔ děng jué wèi [wǔ děng jué wèi]
CL:
>[gè]
man, boy; male; baron; surname

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About nán

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

nán

Contains the radical

Tián

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Someone who can work the farm Tián

Etymology of nán

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

田力

Explanation

Traditionally males ( nán ) were the people who plowed () the fields ( Tián ).

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Example sentences using nán

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de 男友 nán yǒu lái .

She is itching for her boy friend to come.

wèi ǎi 男孩 nán hái shì shuí ? 那位 shì 比尔 Bǐ ěr .

Who is that short boy? That is Bill.

zhè 男孩 nán hái 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié , yòu yòu , dǎo zài 海边 hǎi biān de 沙滩 shātān shǎng .

The boy, tired, hungry and thirsty, fell down on the beach.

这个 zhè ge xiǎo 男孩 nán hái zhēng zhāo .

The little boy is towing a horse.

zhè 男孩 nán hái shuāi le jiāo , le 膝盖 xīgài shǎng de .

The boy fell and scraped the skin off his knee.

Words with nán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
男人 nán rén a man男人 nán rén
nán male nán
男孩 nán hái boy男孩 nán hái
男子 nán zǐ a man男子 nán zǐ
男朋友 nán péng you boyfriend男朋友 nán péng you
男生 nán shēng schoolboy男生 nán shēng
男性 nán xìng a male男性 nán xìng
男女 nán nǚ male-female男女 nán nǚ
男友 nán yǒu boyfriend男友 nán yǒu
男士 nán shì man男士 nán shì
男篮 nán lán men's basketball男籃
男孩子 nán hái zi boy男孩子 nán hái zi
男子汉 nán zǐ hàn man (i.e. manly, masculine)男子漢
男装 nán zhuāng men's clothes男裝
男单 nán dān men's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)男單
男排 nán pái men's volleyball男排 nán pái
男儿 nán ér boy男兒
男爵 nán jué baron男爵 nán jué
男童 nán tóng boy男童 nán tóng
男足 nán zú abbr. for 男子足球 men's soccer男足 nán zú
男方 nán fāng the bridegroom's side男方 nán fāng
男双 nán shuāng men's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc)男雙
男婴 nán yīng male baby男嬰
男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào men, women, young and old男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào
男女平等 nán nǚ píng děng equality of the sexes男女平等 nán nǚ píng děng

nán Decomposition & Compounds

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nán Decomposition

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nán Compounds

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  • nán
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    • jiù , shēng , nán , nán , niǎo , nǎo ,
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