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男子气概

nán zǐ qì gài

4-character word Traditional 男子氣概

What 男子气概 means

1. masculinity
2. manliness

The characters in 男子气概

• 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
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather
• 概gài(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically…

Example sentences

• 有一种普遍的看法认为，一切对演说方式的研究都是有损男子气概的，都会以雕饰与浮华取代质朴与力量。
  There is a widespread opinion that all study of the mode of oratory is unmanly, and leads to the substitution of artifice and adornment for simplicity and power.