男 nán

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Traditional form

男 nán

Contains the radical

田 Tián

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Someone who can work 力 Lì the farm 田 Tián

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱田力

Explanation

Traditionally males (男 nán ) were the people who plowed (力 Lì ) the fields (田 Tián ).

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她 tā 渴 kě 她 tā 的 de 男友 nán yǒu 来 lái .

She is itching for her boy friend to come.

那 Nā 位 wèi 矮 ǎi 男孩 nán hái 是 shì 谁 shuí ? 那位是 shì 比尔 Bǐ ěr .

Who is that short boy? That is Bill.

这 zhè 男孩 nán hái 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié , 又 yòu 饥 jī 又 yòu 渴 kě , 倒 dǎo 在 zài 海边 hǎi biān 的 de 沙滩 shātān 上 shǎng .

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

这个 zhè ge 小 xiǎo 男孩 nán hái 正 zhēng 拽 yè 着 zhāo 一 yī 匹 pī 马 Mǎ .

The little boy is towing a horse.

这 zhè 男孩 nán hái 摔 shuāi 了 le 一 yī 跤 jiāo ,擦 cā 破 pò 了 le 膝盖 xīgài 上 shǎng 的 de 皮 Pí .

The boy fell and scraped the skin off his knee.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 男 nán in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
男人 nán rén	a man	男人 nán rén
男 nán	male	男 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