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a man / a male / men / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
early youth / youngster / (literary) youth; young man
HSK 2
old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents
HSK 1
matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine
HSK 3
children; sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love)
HSK 5
young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader; boss
HSK 4
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  *末* | 末* | *末
tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man
HSK 4
artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort
HSK 7-9
planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
(coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man
HSK 4
a man; a male
HSK 3
a manly man / a man of character
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *汉* | 汉* | *汉
man
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  *拐* | 拐* | *拐
cane / walking stick / crutch / old man's staff
HSK 6
(video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) / battle royale game / last-man-standing game / to play PUBG (or similar game) / to win at PUBG (or similar game)
righteous man
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  *佬* | 佬* | *佬
male / man (Cantonese)
my God! / oh boy! / man!
HSK 7-9
father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
handsome but effeminate man / pretty boy
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
fine horse / brilliant young man
man-made fiber
man-made / artificial / synthetic
HSK 7-9
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom) / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
Beijing resident / Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店, Beijing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夫* | 夫* | *夫
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)
old man / I (an old man referring to himself)
HSK 7-9
man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经)
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
HSK 7-9
to take a wife / to get married (man)
Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent
(old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom)
to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert
HSK 7-9
common person / ordinary guy / mortal man
primitive man; prehistoric human
bachelor; single man
lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing
killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player
HSK 7-9
man / gentleman
HSK 4
strong man / sumo wrestler
love between an older woman and a younger man
natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
little boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older
(derog.) girlfriend of a married man
left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man
sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person
upright gentleman / man of honor
talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
ordinary man / ignorant person / coarse fellow
a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man
a Prince Charming; the man of one's dreams
polite term for old woman or man
HSK 7-9
a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine
HSK 7-9
ergonomics / man-machine engineering
lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
general / military leader / fierce man
Yip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee
man-made fiber (abbr. for 化學纖維|化学纤维)
HSK 7-9
writer / man of letters / CL: 個|个
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
(coll.) man in power / boss / authority / expert
Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Rockman or Mega Man (video game series)
central air conditioning / (fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with 暖男, a guy who is attentive to his partner rather than to all and sundry)
a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
gangster; hoodlum / bachelor; single man / (dialect) wise person; astute person
prehistoric man
man proposes, God disposes (idiom) / one's plans can be derailed by unforeseen events
Mr Goody-goody / yes-man (sb who agrees with anything)
man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
(idiom) time and tide wait for no man
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / Heixiazi (black blind man) Island
man (i.e. manly, masculine)
elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age
wives and concubines (of a polygamous man) / harem
a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle
son of man
(coll.) poor devil / unfortunate man
oneness of heaven and humanity / the theory that man is an integral part of nature
Spider-Man, see 蜘蛛俠|蜘蛛侠 / nickname of French skyscraper climber Alain Robert (1962-) / person who scales the outer walls of a building as a stunt or for building maintenance
man-made fiber
General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty
swindler / itinerant con-man
man-woman connection / intimate relationship
the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure
Man and Heaven / celestial being
local tyrant / local strong man / (slang) nouveau riche
wise man
poor man's ginseng (Codonopsis pilosula) / codonopsis root (used in TCM)
attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo
lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom) / fig. everybody hits a man who is down
(of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman / to be jealous of a rival in a love affair
lecher / womanizer / dirty old man
young generation / youth / young man

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