男 (nán)
(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵
- HSK 3.1 level 1
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Etymology
Traditionally males (男) were the people who plowed (力) the fields (田).
Shuowen Jiezi
《說文》：“男，丈夫也。从田，从力，言男用力於田也。”
Components
- 田 (meaning)
- 力 (meaning) — Depicts a plow.
Example sentences
- 南男北女。 — Southern men, Northern women.
- 我是个男人。 — I am a man.
- 我们是男人。 — We are men.
- 我们是男孩。 — We are boys.
- 真男人喝茶。 — Real men drink tea.
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