Chinese

男生

/nän³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
schoolboy; male student
  • HSK 1
  • TOCFL 3

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Lineage

  • characterChinese男 “man; (only of human in Standard Chinese) male”
    • ideaChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
    • ideaChinese力 “physical strength; physical power; energy”
  • characterChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
    • ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
    • ideaChinese一 “one”

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