| 男 | 643B25 41.50 | 部居  | 畫數 7 | ㄋㄢˊ [nan2] | ||
| N. & adj. | (1) (Belonging to) the male sex: 男子漢，大丈夫 a he-man or a man of honor; 男兒，男丁 an able-bodied man; 男人 [nan2ren2]↓; 男性 a male, the male sex; 男方 the bridegroom; 男家 the bridegroom's family; 男系 paternal descent; 男媒 a go-between representing the bridegroom; 男孩（子）（兒） a boy; 男僕 a manservant; 男花兒 (MC) a boy (possibly a contraction of [hai2er0] 孩兒); 男生 a boy student; 男朋友 a boy friend; 男裝 man's dress; 男耕女織 division of labor between men and women in a family with the former working in the fields and the latter sitting at the loom; 男扮女裝 a man dressed like a woman; 男大當婚 a man should get married on coming of age; 男盜女娼 (a curse phrase) a thief if a man, and a whore if woman (shop announcement against imitator or infringer of trademark). (2) A baronet, a baron. (3) A male child: 長男 the eldest son; 生有一男二女 have a son and two daughters. (4) A surname. | |||||
| Pron. | (Oft. in letters, a son in relation to his parents) I, your son. | |||||
| Words | 1. 男低音 [nan2di1yin1], n., bass. 2. 男兒 [nan2er2], n., (1) a son; (2) a member of the male sex: 男兒當自強 a man should be self-reliant. 3. 男風 [nan2feng1], n., homosexual relation between males. 4. 男高音 [nan2gao1yin1], n., tenor. 5. 男中音 [nan2zhong1yin1], n., baritone. 6. 男女 [man2nU3], n., (1) son and daughter; (2) men and women: 男女平等 equality between men and women, equal rights for both sexes. 7. 男人 [nan2ren2], n., (1) a member of the male sex; (2) husband (opp. 女人). 8. 男色 [nan2se4], n., (＝男風↑). 9. 男性 [nan2xing4], n. & adj., male, masculine gender or sex. | |||||