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a man / a male / men / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
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  *們* | 們* | *們
plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
HSK 1
brothers / younger brother / CL: 個|个 / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal
HSK 4
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  *門* | 門* | *門
gate / door / CL: / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
HSK 1
only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with ) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")
HSK 3
elegance (for men) / elegant demeanor / grace / poise
HSK 5
master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 5
(slang) to pander to men
men's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)
(military) officers and soldiers / officers and men / (old) government troops
HSK 7-9
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  *悶* | 悶* | *悶
stuffy / shut indoors / to smother / to cover tightly
HSK 7-9
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  *悶* | 悶* | *悶
bored / depressed / melancholy / sealed / airtight / tightly closed
HSK 7-9
brothers / comrades / men / brethren
magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men
HSK 7-9
lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers.
lit. men's footprints are rare (idiom) / fig. off the beaten track / lonely / deserted
Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors
to match up (employers and jobseekers, men and women seeking a partner, blind people and guide dogs etc)
men's singles (in tennis etc)
all men are brothers
men, women, young and old / everybody
men's basketball / men's basketball team
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality , physical charm , propriety in speech and efficiency in needlework
record of famous men / anthology of biographies
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
(lit.) leftover men / (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty / surviving members of an ethnic group
official business / government workmen / odd-job men
abbr. for 男子足球 men's soccer / abbr. for 男子足球隊|男子足球队 men's soccer team
men's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc)
men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)
three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
to have been cheated on by one's partner (formerly meant "to be a cuckold", i.e. applied to men only)
(slang) gold digger; woman who pursues men for money
men's volleyball / abbr. for 男子排球
(men) sideburns / (women) lengths of hair that hang down over the temples
Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality , physical charm , propriety in speech and efficiency in needlework
(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc / to be a match for men / lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
the dead cannot testify (idiom); dead men tell no tales
woman hired to lure men to high-priced bars
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  *門* | 門* | *門
surname Men
men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur
those with lofty ideals (idiom) / men of vision
chastity / virginity (of women) / moral integrity (of men) / loyalty / constancy
men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
(slang) negative, toxic competition between women (esp. in seeking the favor and approval of men)
menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc
wine doesn't make men drunk: men get themselves intoxicated. Lust does not overpower men: men surrender themselves to lust
men go out to work and women stay at home (idiom)
men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
Ming dynasty scholar (1602–1641), prolific writer, proponent of the Fushe 復社|复社 cultural renewal movement, author of Five Men's Tombstone Inscription 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记
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  *捫* | 捫* | *捫
lay hands on / to cover
Taoist robe / traditional men's gown
to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
men's clothes
genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand
the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
men's restroom; men's toilet
man or men (formal)
the hidden and the visible; that which can be seen and that which cannot; darkness and light; night and day; wisdom and ignorance; evil and good; the living and the dead; men and ghosts
men's basketball
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  *璊* | 璊* | *璊
(gem) / rouge
long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao
chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe) / gown / robe / CL:
Five Men's Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥 commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢|魏忠贤 during the late Ming dynasty
regular men's haircut / short back and sides
lit. unbeatable by even 10,000 men (idiom) / fig. extremely brave and strong
lit. Notes on Passing the Hall, historical jottings by 12th century Southern Song poet Fan Gongcheng 范公偁, containing moral instructions derived from great men of Song dynasty
cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban
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  *亹* | 亹* | *亹
mountain pass / defile (archaic)
scam girl / woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧
a giant among men (idiom)
a kind of headscarf worn by men in ancient China
real men do not easily cry (idiom)
men's bathroom (abbr. for 男衛生間|男卫生间)
married quarters / residential quarters for men with families
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  *燜* | 燜* | *燜
to cook in a covered vessel / to casserole / to stew
contour pouch brief (men's underwear)
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  *暪* | 暪* | *暪
dark
lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds / desolate (idiom)
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  *樠* | 樠* | *樠
elm / gum
(idiom) to have had relationships with many men
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  *鍆* | 鍆* | *鍆
mendelevium (chemistry)
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells / good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom) / a futile quarrel
scam girl / woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧
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  *懣* | 懣* | *懣
melancholy
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  *穈* | 穈* | *穈
porridge / rice sprouts


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