男
女

Male-female in Chinese: 男女 (nán nǚ)

nán nǚ

male-female

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Definitions

  1. 1male-female
  2. 2male and female

Stroke order

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男
女

Zhuyin

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ㄋㄢˊ

nán

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄋㄩˇ

nǚ

ㄋ/ nㄩ/ üˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 这里男女都可以来。

    zhè lǐ nán nǚ dōu kě yǐ lái。

    Both men and women can come here.

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Related words

男

nán

male

女

nǚ

female

女儿

nǚ ér

daughter

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

妇女

fù nǚ

woman

女士

nǚ shì

lady

男生

nán shēng

schoolboy

女生

nǚ shēng

schoolgirl

男子

nán zǐ

a man

女子

nǚ zǐ

woman

子女

zǐ nǚ

children

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