男
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) male
- 2.baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
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Wiktionary
- 1.man; (only of human in Standard Chinese) male
- 2.son
- 3.baron, lowest of the five ranks of Chinese aristocracy (五等爵位) under the Zhou dynasty
- 4.a surname
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 田 (“field”) + 力 (“strength”) – man providing the strength for agricultural and/or other kinds of (physical) labour on a field. Probably an area word. Compare Proto-Kiranti *nam (“man”), Proto-Monic *k()ɲoom (“young child”), Proto-Wa *h/ʔn[o]m (“young man”), Thai หนุ่ม (nùm, “young man; young”) (Schuessler, 2007). Wang (1982) connects it to 農 (OC *nuːŋ, “farmer”). Goldin (2021) suggests a connection to 任 (OC *njɯms, “to bear; to be in charge”).
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Components
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Example sentences
他是个吸毒男。
He's a meth addict.
男不坏，女不爱。
Nice guys finish last.
您的孩子是男是女？
Is your child a boy or a girl?
一个男的突然出现在门口。
A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
在我的部门里有七男四女。
There are seven men and four women in my section.
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