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)