Learn Chinese for Free - Lesson 30
Today's Chinese character:
男
This character is the opposite of 女, so it's useful to remember them together:
男女, man-woman, male-female.
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Characters' Essentials
Description and Examples
Word
男孩子
Pronunciation 
Meaning
Boy
Word
女孩子
Pronunciation
Meaning
Girl
Word
男人
Pronunciation
Meaning
Man, menfolk
Word
男人
Pronunciation
Meaning
Husband
Word
女人
Pronunciation
Meaning
Woman, womenfolk
Word
女人
Pronunciation
Meaning
Wife
Word
男子
Pronunciation
Meaning
Man, male
Word
女子
Pronunciation
Meaning
Woman, female
Word
男儿
Pronunciation
Meaning
Man
Word
女儿
Pronunciation
Meaning
Daughter, girl
Word
男生
Pronunciation
Meaning
Man student, boy student, schoolboy
Word
女生
Pronunciation
Meaning
Woman student, girl student, schoolgirl
Word
男朋友
Pronunciation
Meaning
Boyfriend
Word
男女
Pronunciation
Meaning
Men and women
Word
男男女女
Pronunciation
Meaning
Men and women
Word
男不男，女不女
Pronunciation
Meaning
Neither fish nor fowl
Confused? I'm sure you are!
What we learn today is that combining a few characters, A LOT of new words can be formed.
If I had to list, each time, all words composed by new+past characters, the list would always be overwhelming!
Exercise
Look up new words in your Chinese-English dictionary. Start, for example, from words beginning with 好 and composed only by characters you know.
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Characters' Details
Chinese Character 62 of 1000
appearance score: # 602
frequency: 0.0348339%
Character
男
Animation
Strokes
7
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
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