The Chinese word for boy is
男孩
nán hái
Chinese Definition
| boy | |
| 1. 名词. 男孩 | |
| Components | |
| 男 | |
| 1. man; (only of human in Standard Chinese) male | |
| 男人 - man | |
| 男孩 - boy | |
| 2. son | |
| 長zhǎng男 - eldest son | |
| 3. baron, lowest of the five ranks of Chinese aristocracy (Zhou dynasty | |
| 孩 | |
| 1. child; youngster; baby | |
| 男孩兒r - boy | |
| 2. (literary) young and small; childish | |
| 3. (literary) to have tender affection for | |
| 4. (literary) to regard as a child | |
| 5. (obsolete) Alternative form of 咳 (hái, t=(of baby) to giggle; to laugh) |
Translations for 孩 and their definitions
| 男孩 | |
| 1. n. boy | |
| 2. n. son |
| 少年 | |
| 1. n. early youth (from ten to sixteen years old) | |
| 少年 時代 - early youth | |
| 2. n. juvenile; youngster | |
| 3. n. (literary) young man; boy | |
| 4. adj. (literary or Hokkien, Zhao'an Hakka) young |
| 男孩子 | |
| 1. n. boy | |
| 2. n. son |
| 小伙子 | |
| 1. n. lad; young fellow |
| 男僕 | |
| 1. n. male servant; manservant |
| 男生 | |
| 1. n. schoolboy; male student | |
| 這 個 班 有 多少shǎo 男生？ - How many boys are in this class? | |
| 2. n. (hence) young male; boy | |
| 如何 讓 一個 男生 覺得 你 很 特別？ - How can you make a boy think you're special? |
| 男人 | |
| 1. n. man | |
| 花心 的 男人 - womaniser | |
| 要 想 抓住 男人 的 心，先 要 抓住 男人 的 胃。 - The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. | |
| 2. adj. (colloquial) manly; masculine | |
| 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 | |
| 3. n. (dialectal Hakka) brother-in-law (husband's younger brother) |
| 男仆 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 男僕 |
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