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

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

(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)

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)

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

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
男	子

Noun

男子 • (namja) (hangeul 남자)

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

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
男	子

Noun

男子

Hán tự form of nam tử (“boy”).

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