"Gentleman" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher / gentleman / sir / mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:位[wei4] |   |
| 绅士 | shēn shì | gentleman | |
| 男士 | nán shì | man / gentleman | |
| 君 |  jūn | monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler | |
| 相公 | xiàng gong | lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband | |
| 正人君子 | zhèng rén jūn zi | upright gentleman / man of honor | |
| 老太爷 | lǎo tài yé | elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father | |
| 乡绅 | xiāng shēn | a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire | |
| 仁人志士 | rén rén zhì shì | gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom) / people with lofty ideals | |
| 志士仁人 | zhì shì rén rén | gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom) / people with lofty ideals | |
| 爷 | yé | grandpa / old gentleman | |
| 叟 | sǒu | old gentleman / old man | |
| 梁上君子 | liáng shàng jūn zǐ | lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief | |
| 淑人君子 | shū rén jūn zi | virtuous gentleman (idiom) | |
| 君子动口不动手 | jūn zǐ dòng kǒu bù dòng shǒu | a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist | |
| 彬彬君子 | bīn bīn jūn zǐ | refined gentleman | |
| 老太公 | lǎo tài gōng | aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term) | |
| 以小人之心，度君子之腹 | yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù | to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom) | |
| 士为知己者死，女为悦己者容 | shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nu:3 wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng | a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart | |
| 有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人 | yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rén | one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom) | |
