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男子

nán zǐ

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

男子 (nán zǐ) means "a man; a male". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 男子 means

1. a man; a male

The characters in 男子

• 男nán(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 那两个男子就像水和火。
  Nà liǎng gè nánzǐ jiù xiàng shuǐ hé huǒ.
  The two men were like fire and water.
• 我会使你成为一个男子汉。
  Wǒ huì shǐ nǐ chéngwéi yī gè nánzǐhàn.
  I will make a man of you.
• 狗对着这个陌生男子咆哮。
  Gǒu duì zhe zhège mòshēng nánzǐ páoxiào.
  The dog growled at the strange man.
• 这名男子逃离了这个城市。
  Zhè míng nánzǐ táolí le zhège chéngshì.
  The man got away from the city.
• 这名男子抢走了她的包包。
  The man robbed her bag.
• 她作证说她看见了这名男子。
  Tā zuòzhèng shuō tā kànjiàn le zhè míng nánzǐ.
  She testified that she saw the man.

Words starting with 男子

• 男子汉nán zǐ hànman (i.e. manly, masculine)
• 男子气nán zǐ qìmanly; masculine
• 男子单打nán zǐ dān dǎmen's singles (in tennis etc)
• 男子气概nán zǐ qì gàimasculinity; manliness
• 男子汉大丈夫nán zǐ hàn dà zhàng fu(colloquial) he-man
• 男子篮球nán zǐ lán qiúmen's basketball

Words containing 男子

• 大男子主义dà nán zǐ zhǔ yìmale chauvinism
• 大男子主义者dà nán zǐ zhǔ yì zhěmale chauvinist

Sounds the same

Read nán zǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 楠梓Nanzi or Nantzu district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市

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