男
生

Schoolboy in Chinese: 男生 (nán shēng)

nán shēng

schoolboy

HSK 3.0 Level 11 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1schoolboy
  2. 2male student
  3. 3boy
  4. 4guy (young adult male)

Stroke order

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男
生

Zhuyin

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ㄋㄢˊ

nán

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄕㄥ

shēng

ㄕ/ shㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Example sentences

See 男生 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 那个男生跑得非常快。

    nà ge nán shēng pǎo dé fēi cháng kuài。

    That boy runs really fast.

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Related words

男

nán

male

生

shēng

to be born

先生

xiān sheng

teacher

学生

xué sheng

student

医生

yī shēng

doctor

男人

nán rén

a man

生病

shēng bìng

to fall ill

生日

shēng rì

birthday

生气

shēng qì

to get angry

出生

chū shēng

to be born

发生

fā shēng

to happen

生活

shēng huó

to live

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