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HSK
schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male)
HSK 1
a man / a male / men / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
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  *男* | 男* | *男
(bound form) male / baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
HSK 1
boyfriend
HSK 1
erhua variant of 男孩
HSK 1
a man; a male
HSK 3
male-female / male and female
HSK 4
man / gentleman
HSK 4
the male sex / a male
HSK 5
equality of the sexes
men's clothes
male homosexuality / buggery
a (real) man / boy / son
man (i.e. manly, masculine)
boy
baron
men's basketball / men's basketball team
males eligible for military service / draftee / abbr. for 役齡男子|役龄男子
to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)
men's volleyball / abbr. for 男子排球
male homosexuality
(of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
boyfriend
men's restroom; men's toilet
passionate love (idiom)
men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
tenor (singing voice) / a tenor
male chauvinism
baritone
real men do not easily cry (idiom)
(of a man) to dress as a woman (idiom)
(music) bass voice
young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
male chauvinism
coeducation
the left is for males, the right is for females (traditional saying)
to celebrate a wedding
men, women, young and old / everybody
(coll.) he-man
tomboy
adult male
virgin male
man's family (in marriage)
men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
(of a marriage) the bridegroom's side; the husband's side
naked man
to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
best man (in a marriage)
lay practitioners of Buddhism
eldest son
(coll.) jerk; scumbag (esp. in romantic relationships)
(idiom) a son or daughter; a child
young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
Mr Perfect / Adonis / Prince Charming
male prostitute / (old) pimp
a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
goat-man / faun of Greek mythology
men's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc)
man-woman connection / intimate relationship
(Tw) heterosexual man; straight man
young, unmarried male; young guy
a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")
gay guy (coll.)
man
fashionable and good-looking guy (slang)
a man who is family-oriented, considerate and protective
gay guy
metrosexual
wizard; warlock
(coll.) attractiveness (as a potential boyfriend) / degree to which one is "boyfriend material"
all-boys school
male star / famous actor
male worker
(slang) male high school student
geek; techie
virgin (male)
very masculine guy / a real man / (used ironically) a grown man
middle-aged man (often with connotations of confidence, success and attractiveness)
(slang) male chauvinism
(slang) male university student; male college student
male guest; male visitor
to masculinize / masculinization
kept man
male gaze
boy / male child
Kim Jong-nam (1971-2017), the eldest son of Kim Jong-il 金正日
boys and girls / teenagers
(dialect) boy / guy
male chauvinist
men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)
misandry
muscular man; muscleman
(slang) a guy who is like a prawn: yummy body, but not so appealing above the neck
to be promiscuous / to sleep around
ex-boyfriend
a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
a couple engaged in an illicit love affair / a cheating couple

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