男子

男子

Chinese

		male	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (男子)		男	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàm-chṳ́
• Min Nan (POJ): lâm-chír / lâm-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nánzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nantzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ zi²
    • Yale: nàahm jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /näːm²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: namˇ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nam² zi³
    • IPA: /nam¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-chír
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-chú
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamzuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

Noun

男子

1. (formal) man; male

Synonyms

• 男的 (nánde)
• 男丁 (nándīng)
• 男人 (nánrén)
• 男子漢／男子汉 (nánzǐhàn)

Antonyms

• 女子 (nǚzǐ)

Derived terms

大男子主義／大男子主义 (dànánzǐzhǔyì) 男子漢／男子汉 (nánzǐhàn)

男子組合／男子组合 (nánzǐ zǔhé) 美男子 (měinánzǐ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
男	子
だん Grade: 1	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) だ​んし [dáꜜǹshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [dã̠ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

男子 (hiragana だんし, rōmaji danshi)

1. a male ; a guy

• 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.

Synonyms

• 男 (おとこ)の子 (こ) (otoko no ko)

Antonyms

• 女 (じょ)子 (し) (joshi)

Derived terms

• 男子学生 (だんしがくせい) (danshi gakusei): male student
• 男 (だん)子 (し)高 (こう) (danshikō): boys' highschool (male high school)
• 男 (だん)子 (し)高 (こう)校 (こう) (danshi kōkō): boys' highschool (male high school)

• 男 (だん)子 (し)高 (こう)校 (こう)生 (せい) (danshi kōkōsei): highschool boy (high school male)
• 男 (だん)子 (し)生 (せい)徒 (と) (danshi seito): school boy (alternative to saying male student)

Related terms

• 男 (だん)性 (せい) (dansei)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
男	子

Noun

男子 • (namja) (hangeul 남자)

1. Hanja form^? of 남자 (“man; gentleman; boy; male”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
男	子

Noun

男子

1. Hán tự form of nam tử (“boy”).