VocabularyHSK 3 · core

男

nán

male

Part of speech · noun

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男man
田field力power
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Examples

  1. 男人在那边。
    The man is over there.
  2. 男生洗手间。
    Men's room.

Collocations

男人男生男孩

Mnemonic

男 nán "male, man" — pictograph of 田 (field) + 力 (strength) = "one who exerts strength in the field". Antonym 女 nǚ. Cognate of Japanese 男 otoko.

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