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男性

nán xìng

HSK 3.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

nán xìng · naam4 sing3 (Jyutping)

  1. the male sex
  2. a male

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

男

Meaning
male, man; son; baron; surname
Radical
田
Strokes
7
Components
⿱田力
Cangjie
WKS
Four-corner
6042.7

性

Meaning
nature, character, sex
Radical
忄
Strokes
8
Components
⿰忄生
Cangjie
PHQM
Four-corner
9501.0

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