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男人 nánrén “man” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 男人 means

  1. man
  2. a male
  3. men

Measure word 个 gè · 一个男人 yí ge nánrén

How to say 男人

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale男nán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale人rén2nd tone, rising

男人 in a sentence

  1. 你认识照片里的男人吗？

    Nǐ rènshi zhàopiàn lǐ de nánrén ma?

    Do you know the man in the photo?

    Sentence #437939 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 在那儿看报纸的男人是我叔叔。

    Zài nàr kàn bàozhǐ de nánrén shì wǒ shūshu.

    The man reading the newspaper over there is my uncle.

    Sentence #336724 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这个男人在吃面包。

    Zhè ge nánrén zài chī miànbāo.

    The man is eating bread.

    Sentence #1192410 from Tatoeba

How 男人 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 男 (nán) with each of its parts in a different colour
男nánmale
  • 田field · tián
  • 力strength · lì

Memory aidStrength 力 in the field 田: a man.

The character 人 (rén) drawn as one shape
人rénperson; people

人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.

How to write 男人

男 7 strokes · 人 2 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

男人 (nánrén) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 男人 (nánrén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 男人

Words with 男

男朋友nánpéngyou · boyfriend男nán · male男孩儿nánháir · boy男生nánshēng · male student

Words with 人

人rén · person家人jiārén · family member女人nǚrén · woman别人biéren · other people客人kèrén · guest有人yǒurén · someone人们rénmen · people大人dàren · adult老人lǎorén · old person病人bìngrén · patient

More words: Useful Extras

你好nǐ hǎo · hello没méi · no这儿zhèr · here那儿nàr · there女人nǚrén · woman第dì · ordinal prefix上面shàngmiàn · above下面xiàmiàn · below

FAQs

男人 (nánrén) means “man” or “a male”. It is not on the official HSK lists, but we teach it with HSK 2 because learners need it early.
Say it nánrén: nán with a 2nd tone, then rén with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 男人 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one man is 一个男人 (yí ge nánrén).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nanren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 男人 from the suggestions. Typing nanren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
男人 is not on the official HSK 2.0 word lists. It is a useful extra on our HSK 2 list, because learners need it from the start.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.