男生

Chinese

		male	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (男生)		男	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ sang¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): nam⁵ sêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánsheng
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-shêng¹
    • Yale: nán-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nansheng
    • Palladius: наньшэн (nanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: nàahm sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nam⁵ sêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâm seng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ³³/

Noun

男生

1. schoolboy; male student

   這個班有多少男生？ [MSC, trad.]
   这个班有多少男生？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè ge bān yǒu duōshǎo nánshēng? [Pinyin]

   How many boys are in this class?

2. (by extension) young male; boy

   如何讓一個男生覺得你很特別？ [MSC, trad.]
   如何让一个男生觉得你很特别？ [MSC, simp.]

   Rúhé ràng yīge nánshēng juéde nǐ hěn tèbié? [Pinyin]

   How can you make a boy think you're special?

Antonyms

• 女生 (nǚshēng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (男生):

• → Japanese: 男生(だんせい) (dansei)
• → Korean: 남생(男生) (namsaeng)
• → Vietnamese: nam sinh (男生)