男 (naam4) — human male; man; boy; son in Cantonese
naamˎ₄男
Mandarin Pinyin: nan2
Meaning of 男
nounhuman male; man; boy; son
nounbaron
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Example Sentences with 男
waaˎ₄嘩！!你neiˏ₅個go˗₃男naamˎ₄朋pungˎ₄友jauˏ₅咁gam˗₃鬼gwaiˊ²樣joengˊ²衰seoiˉ¹㗎!
Oh my god! Your boyfriend is so ugly!
你有冇男朋友呀?
Do you have a boyfriend?
有男人有一匹白色馬
There was once a man with a white horse.
《電車男》係封閉青年
The "train man" is a loner
年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.
Words Containing 男
男童naam4 tung4
boy
男工人naam4 gung1 jan4
male worker
處男cyu2 naam4
male virgin
洋蔥男joeng4 cung1 naam4
womanizer (lit., "onion man"), so named because of the layers of sweet words, lies, and deceit
毒男duk6 naam4
a single male that's not popular with girls, often introverted and constantly on the Internet etc.
男廁naam4 ci3
the Gentlemen's (bathroom), the men's room [abbreviation for] 男廁所
男人naam4 jan2
man
鳳凰男fung6 wong4 naam4
phoenix man, a man raised in the country who moves to the city, becomes successful, and marries an urban "peacock woman" 孔雀女. Often there is strife because of problems with the demands of the man's family.
男高音演唱家naam4 gou1 jam1 jin2 coeng3 gaa1
a tenorist
中性時裝男zung1 sing3 si4 zong1 naam4
a metrosexual, term applied to heterosexual men with a strong concern for their appearance, and who display many of the lifestyle tendencies of stereotypically homosexual men. 中性時裝男 is more of a descriptive term, the calque 都市型男 is typically used instead.
男兒志在四方naam4 ji4 zi3 zoi6 sei3 fong1
a man should have great ambitions and ideals
都市型男dou1 si5 jing4 naam4
a metrosexual (都市型男 lit., "metropolitan type of male"), term applied to heterosexual men with a strong concern for their appearance, and who display many of the lifestyle tendencies of stereotypically homosexual men
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