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男性

nán xìng

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

男性 (nán xìng) means "the male sex; a male". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 男性 means

1. the male sex
2. a male

The characters in 男性

• 男nán(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
• 性xìngnature; character; property

Example sentences

• 女性通常比男性长寿。
  Nǚxìng tōngcháng bǐ nánxìng chángshòu.
  Women commonly live longer than men.
• 她对亚洲男性有好感。
  She's attracted to Asian men.
• 女人喜欢男性的注意。
  Women like male attention.
• 小樱喜欢男性的注意。
  Skura liked male attention.
• 女性一般比男性长寿十年。
  Nǚxìng yībān bǐ nánxìng chángshòu shí nián.
  Generally, women live 10 years longer than men.
• Mike是董事会里唯一的男性。
  Mike is the only man on the board.

Words starting with 男性

• 男性化nán xìng huàto masculinize; masculinization
• 男性主义nán xìng zhǔ yìmasculism
• 男性厌恶nán xìng yàn wùmisandry
• 男性凝视nán xìng níng shìmale gaze
• 男性贬抑nán xìng biǎn yìmisandry

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