男 male / Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] 男 人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] 男 子 nán zǐ a man / a male 男 性 nán xìng the male sex / a male 雄 性 xióng xìng male 男 同 胞 nán tóng bāo man / male / male compatriot 公 public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) 雄 male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence 骚 trouble / disturbance / rumpus / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / literary writings / smell of urine / foul smell / male (animal) (dialect) 凸 to stick out / protruding / convex / male (connector etc) / Taiwan pr. [tu2] 牡 (of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills 佬 male / man (Cantonese) 男 女 nán nu:3 male-female / male and female 玻 璃 bō li glass / CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4] / (slang) male homosexual 男 生 nán shēng schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male) 师 兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher 两 性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 老 兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy 学 长 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate 师 弟 shī dì young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate 鸭 子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) 老 弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal 表 哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 老 爷 子 lǎo yé zi my (you etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male 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 的 哥 dī gē male taxi driver / cabbie (slang) 壮 阳 zhuàng yáng (TCM) to build up one's kidney yang / to boost male sex drive 雄 鹰 xióng yīng male eagle / tercel (male falcon used in falconry) 男 星 nán xīng male star / famous actor 表 弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line 王 八 wáng bā tortoise / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel / pimp 雄 狮 xióng shī male lion 男 童 nán tóng boy / male child 男 婴 nán yīng male baby 打 工 仔 dǎ gōng zǎi young worker / employee / young male worker 牛 郎 niú láng cowherd boy / (slang) male prostitute 雌 雄 cí xióng male and female 贾 宝 玉 Jiǎ Bǎo yù Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 / but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗 堂 弟 táng dì younger male patrilineal cousin 男 色 nán sè male homosexuality 堂 兄 táng xiōng older male patrilineal cousin 人 丁 rén dīng number of people in a family / population / (old) adult males / male servants 表 兄 biǎo xiōng older male cousin via female line 男 妓 nán jì male prostitute / (old) pimp 马 勒 Mǎ lè Mahler (name) / Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Austrian composer 奸 夫 jiān fū male adulterer 臣 妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 雄 激 素 xióng jī sù male hormone / testosterone 铁 哥 们 tiě gē men (coll.) very close male friends 童 男 tóng nán virgin male 表 叔 biǎo shū son of grandfather's sister / son of grandmother's brother or sister / father's younger male cousin / (Hong Kong slang) mainlander 雄 性 激 素 xióng xìng jī sù male hormone / testosterone 武 生 wǔ shēng male military role in a Chinese opera 表 嫂 biǎo sǎo wife of older male cousin via female line 表 兄 弟 biǎo xiōng dì male cousins via female line 堂 兄 弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin 六 亲 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin 种 禽 zhǒng qín cock / male breeding poultry 男 低 音 nán dī yīn bass (music) / lower register male voice 男 风 nán fēng male homosexuality / buggery 旦 角 dàn jiǎo Dan, female roles in Chinese opera (played by specialized male actors) 旦 角 dàn jué dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) 势 power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals 男 工 nán gōng male worker 狮 虎 兽 shī hǔ shòu liger, hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress 阳 positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] 睾 丸 素 gāo wán sù male hormone / testosterone 弟 younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter) 虎 狮 兽 hǔ shī shòu tigon or tiglon, hybrid cross between a male tiger and a lioness 丁 male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl 丈 measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male 旦 dawn / morning / daybreak / day / dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) 净 clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role 乾 surname Qian / strong / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 / representing sky / male principle 鸭 duck / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (slang) male prostitute 侄 nephew by the male line 麒 mythical male unicorn / see 麒麟 膫 male genitals / old variant of 膋[liao2] 豭 boar / male pig 孝 悌 忠 信 xiào tì zhōng xìn Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends 堂 哥 táng gē older male patrilineal cousin 表 侄 biǎo zhí son of a male cousin via female line 学 弟 xué dì junior or younger male schoolmate 无 后 wú hòu to lack male offspring 犆 male animal 枲 male nettle-hemp 田 亮 Tián Liàng Tian Liang (1979-), former male Chinese diver, Olympic medalist 王 义 夫 Wáng Yì fū Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist 倒 仓 dǎo cāng to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it) / voice breaking (of male opera singer in puberty) 先 公 xiān gōng deceased father / deceased senior male figure 公 犬 gōng quǎn male dog 公 畜 gōng chù stud / male animal kept to breed offspring 公 猫 gōng māo male cat / tomcat 公 马 gōng mǎ male horse / stallion / stud 四 德 sì dé four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 / (for men), namely: piety 孝 / to one's parents, respect 悌 / to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 / to one's monarch, faith 信 / to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 / and efficiency in needlework 功 堂 侄 táng zhí nephew by the male line 大 男 子 主 义 dà nán zǐ zhǔ yì male chauvinism 大 男 子 主 义 者 dà nán zǐ zhǔ yì zhě male chauvinist 妻 子 管 得 严 qī zi guǎn dé yán hen-pecked male (esp. one obliged to forsake male friends) 妻 管 严 qī guǎn yán henpecked male
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