男人
nán rén 2–2
a man; a male; men
- Characters
- 2
- 男 · 人
- Syllables
- 2
- nán rén
- Frequency
- Very common
- corpus count 415
Part of speech: n
Character by character
- 男nán7 strokesHSK 1male, man; son; baron; surname
- 人rén2 strokesHSK 1man; people; mankind; someone else
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
我是个男人。
Wǒ shì ge nán rén
I am a man.
我们是男人。
Wǒ men shì nán rén
We are men.
我不是男人！
Wǒ bù shì nán rén
I'm not a man!
这男人很高。
Zhè nán rén hěn gāo
The man is tall.
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 男人. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 人rénHSK 1
person; people
- 女人nǚ rénHSK 1
woman
- 别人bié renHSK 1
other people; others; other person
- 有人yǒu rénHSK 2
someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- 人们rén menHSK 2
people
- 男nánHSK 1
male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位
- 个人gè rénHSK 3
individual; personal; oneself
- 人员rén yuánHSK 3
staff; crew; personnel
- 人生rén shēngHSK 3
life (one's time on earth)
- 人民rén mínHSK 3
the people
- 人类rén lèiHSK 3
humanity; human race; mankind
- 病人bìng rénHSK 1
sick person; patient; invalid
- 人物rén wùHSK 5
person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting)
- 家人jiā rénHSK 1
family member; (old) servant
- 敌人dí rénHSK 4
enemy
- 人家rén jiāHSK 4
household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be
- 人士rén shìHSK 5
person; figure; public figure
- 夫人fū renHSK 4
lady; madam; Mrs.
- 大人dà renHSK 2
adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors
- 男子nán zǐHSK 3
a man; a male
- 老人lǎo rénHSK 1
old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
- 主人zhǔ rénHSK 2
master; host; owner
- 工人gōng rénHSK 1
worker
- 私人sī rénHSK 5
private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique