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男
nán
1. male
2. Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility [[五等爵位<wǔděngjuéwèi>]]
3. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

男
nán
man, boy; male; baron; surname
HSK 2 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

长男
zhǎngnán
eldest son
型男
xíngnán
fashionable and good-looking guy (slang)
宅男
zháinán
male addicted to computers, computer games, adult cartoons etc (2000s Taiwan slang, derived from Japanese otaku [[御宅男]] house male)
弯男
wānnán
gay guy
役男
yìnán
males eligible for military service
潮男
cháonán
metrosexual
男人
nánrén
a man
男儿
nánér
a (real) man
男友
nányǒu
boyfriend
男同
nántóng
gay guy (coll.)
男单
nándān
men's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)
男士
nánshì
man
男女
nánnǚ
male-female
男妓
nánjì
male prostitute
男娃
nánwá
(dialect) boy
男婴
nányīng
male baby
男子
nánzǐ
a man
男孩
nánhái
boy
男家
nánjiā
man's family (in marriage)
男工
nángōng
male worker

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
601
Word Frequency Rank
1,270 of 84,292

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