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男生

nán shēng

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

男生 (nán shēng) means "male student; boy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 男生 means

1. schoolboy
2. male student
3. boy
4. guy (young adult male)

The characters in 男生

• 男nán(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 这个男生很懒。
  This boy is lazy.
• 他是最高的男生。
  He is the tallest boy.
• 她喜欢受男生注目。
  Tā xǐhuan shòu nánshēng zhùmù.
  She likes to get boys' attention.
• 这个班有多少男生？
  How many boys are there in this class?
• 大部分男生喜欢棒球。
  Most boys like baseball.
• 那个男生从后门进来了。
  Nàge nánshēng cóng hòumén jìnlái le.
  The boy entered by the back door.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read nán shēng correctly.
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