男子
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]male | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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simp. and trad. (男子) |
男 | 子 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): naam4 zi2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàm-chṳ́
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâm-chú / lâm-chír
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6noe-tsy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄗˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nánzǐh
- Wade–Giles: nan2-tzŭ3
- Yale: nán-dž
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nantzyy
- Palladius: наньцзы (nanʹczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nän³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: naam4 zi2
- Yale: nàahm jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: naam4 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: nam4 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /naːm²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-chṳ́
- Hakka Romanization System: namˇ ziiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: nam2 zi3
- Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: nom tsiX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤ[ə]m tsəʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*nuːm ʔslɯʔ/
Noun
[edit]男子
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]- 女子 (nǚzǐ)
Derived terms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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男 | 子 |
だん Grade: 1 |
し Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]- Note: in terms of grammar and linguistics, the word solely means a "male". However, abroad it is often translated as "boy" to contrast to the term 男性, which refers to a man in general. The difference being one refers to the gender-specific male, while the other a singular man.
Antonyms
[edit]- 女子 (joshi)
Derived terms
[edit]- 男子学生 (danshi gakusei): male student
- 男子高 (danshikō): boys' highschool (male high school)
- 男子高校 (danshi kōkō): boys' highschool (male high school)
- 男子生徒 (danshi seito): school boy (alternative to saying male student)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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男 | 子 |
Noun
[edit]Vietnamese
[edit]chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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男 | 子 |
Noun
[edit]男子
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- Intermediate Mandarin
- zh:Male
- zh:People
- Japanese terms spelled with 男 read as だん
- Japanese terms spelled with 子 read as し
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