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  *你* | 你* | *你
you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
HSK 1
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  *他* | 他* | *他
(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his / (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人)
HSK 1
a man / a male / men / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
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  *生* | 生* | *生
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)
HSK 2
schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male)
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
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  *公* | 公* | *公
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
HSK 6
father's younger brother; paternal uncle / form of address used by children for a male one generation older
HSK 4
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  *字* | 字* | *字
letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個|个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
HSK 1
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  *弟* | 弟* | *弟
younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)
HSK 1
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  *丁* | 丁* | *丁
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
HSK 7-9
glass / CL: 張|张, 塊|块 / (slang) male homosexual
HSK 5
the male sex / a male
HSK 5
male-female / male and female
HSK 4
(coll.) young man; polite or friendly form of address or reference for a young male
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  *凸* | 凸* | *凸
to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc) / Taiwan pr. [tu2]
HSK 7-9
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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
male villager; (derog.) male peasant
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  *净* | 净* | *净
clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role
HSK 6
(coll.) two brothers; two close male friends
a man; a male
HSK 3
form of address for a (slightly) older man (esp. among males)
duck (CL:隻|只) / (slang) male prostitute
HSK 5
(coll.) male cousin through a female relative
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  *佬* | 佬* | *佬
male / man (Cantonese)
male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric
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  *父* | 父* | *父
(bound form) father / (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父) / (computing) (bound form) parent-
Viagra (male impotence drug)
(vulgar) male pubic hair / (vulgar) asshole; jerk; dickhead
(zoology) (of a female) to be in heat; (of a male) to be in rut
senior or older male schoolmate
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  *丈* | 丈* | *丈
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male
(coll.) teen idol (male)
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  *阳* | 阳* | *阳
positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴
junior or younger male schoolmate
Tian Liang (1979-), former male Chinese diver, Olympic medalist
male cat, usually 公貓|公猫
circumcision (male or female)
male chauvinist
cowherd boy / (slang) male prostitute
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
virgin (male)
number of people in a family / population / (old) adult males / male servants
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  *势* | 势* | *势
power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals
virgin male
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal
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  *雄* | 雄* | *雄
male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence
younger male patrilineal cousin
wife of older male cousin via female line
Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗
(TCM) to build up one's kidney yang; to boost male sex drive
henpecked male
senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
male fellow disciples; fellow apprentices
(coll.) top-ranked male; leading male; top male personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports)
young, unmarried male; young guy
male star / famous actor
debut (by a male performer or sports player)
male taxi driver / cabbie (slang)
male eagle; tercel
B2B; business-to-business / (of a connector) male-to-male
man / male / male compatriot
male cat / tomcat
bolt (male component of nut and bolt)
(coll.) bald crown; male pattern baldness
to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)
adult male
otome game – a romance simulation game targeted at women, typically featuring female protagonists and multiple male love interests (abbr. for 乙女遊戲|乙女游戏)
male chauvinism
Thomas (male name)
Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist
(of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together / to be like family / to share the same view of things
hairdresser / beautician (male)
place in Shanghai / (coll.) male homosexual
queer uncle, referring to a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang)
male lion
male baby
uncle (polite form of address for older male)
wife of younger male cousin via female line / younger cousins via female line
(coll.) very close male friends
son of a male cousin via female line
male chauvinism
(male) superstar of the silver screen; best actor award winner
male cousin through a female relative
(slang) male high school student
cock / male breeding poultry
male gamete; sperm cell
male husky (dog)
father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin
starring male role in a Chinese opera
male worker
my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male
Malé, capital of Maldives
stud / male animal kept to breed offspring
elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy
(female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa") / male friend
softshell turtle / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel
male guest; male visitor
fujoshi (woman who likes manga about male homosexual love) (derived from Japanese 腐女子 "fujoshi")
(literary) underage male servant

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