男子

Character by character

• 男nán7 strokesHSK 1male, man; son; baron; surname
• 子zǐ3 strokesHSK 1offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 男子. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 孩子hái ziHSK 1

  child

• 男人nán rénHSK 1

  a man; a male; men

• 男nánHSK 1

  male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位

• 子zǐHSK 1

  son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub-

• 儿子ér ziHSK 1

  son

• 房子fáng ziHSK 1

  house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room

• 样子yàng ziHSK 2

  appearance; manner; pattern; model

• 妻子qī zǐHSK 4

  wife and children

• 日子rì ziHSK 2

  day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life

• 电子diàn zǐ

  electronic; electron (particle physics)

• 女子nǚ zǐHSK 3

  woman; female

• 一辈子yī bèi ziHSK 5

  (for) a lifetime

• 肚子dù ziHSK 4

  belly; abdomen; stomach

• 男生nán shēngHSK 1

  schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male)

• 男性nán xìngHSK 5

  the male sex; a male

• 脑子nǎo ziHSK 5

  brains; mind

• 男朋友nán péng youHSK 1

  boyfriend

• 鼻子bí ziHSK 5

  nose

• 帽子mào ziHSK 4

  hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name

• 脖子bó ziHSK 7

  neck

• 王子wáng zǐHSK 6

  prince; son of a king

• 桌子zhuō ziHSK 1

  table; desk

• 裤子kù ziHSK 3

  trousers; pants

• 子弹zǐ dànHSK 5

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