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男子

nán zǐ

HSK 3 · word 1732 of 3,000

Meaning

• a man; a male

Example sentence

Characters in 男子

• 男 nán (bound form) male
• 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair"

男 male plus 子, here a person rather than the empty suffix. It is the formal register, used in sport and law.

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