The Chinese word for boy is
男孩
nán hái
Chinese Definition
| boy | |
| 1. 名词. 男孩 | |
| Components | |
| 男 | |
| 1. man; male | |
| 男人 - man | |
| 男孩 - boy | |
| 男爵 - baron | |
| 2. son | |
| 長zhǎng男 - eldest son | |
| 3. baron, lowest of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy (五等爵位) under the Zhou dynasty | |
| 孩 | |
| 1. baby, child | |
| 2. children |
Translations for 孩 and their definitions
| 男孩 | |
| 1. n. boy |
| 少年 | |
| 1. n. early youth (from ten to sixteen years old) | |
| 少年 時代 - early youth | |
| 2. n. juvenile; youngster | |
| 3. adj. (chiefly Min Nan) young |
| 男孩子 | |
| 1. n. boy |
| 小伙子 | |
| 1. n. lad; young fellow |
| 男生 | |
| 1. n. schoolboy; male student | |
| 2. n. young male; boy |
| 男人 | |
| 1. n. man | |
| 2. adj. (colloquial) manly; masculine | |
| 你 不 覺jué得 他 很 男人 嗎？我 覺jué得 他 太 男人 了。 - Don't you think he's manly? I think he's so manly., ref=A Beautiful Daughter-in-Law Era , 2009 | |
| 3. n. (colloquial) husband |
| 老弟 | |
| 1. n. (A form of address to a man younger than oneself:) my boy | |
| 2. n. (dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Hakka, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Pinghua, Xiang) younger brother |
Pronunciation
nán hái
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