nán zǐ
homme; mâle
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这个男子很帅。
Zhège nánzǐ hěn shuài.
This man is handsome.
那个男子在看书。
Nàge nánzǐ zài kànshū.
That man is reading a book.
男子们正在打篮球。
Nánzǐmen zhèngzài dǎ lánqiú.
The men are playing basketball.
男人 (nán rén)
man
男士 (nán shì)
gentleman
女子 (nǚzǐ)
woman
男人 (nánrén)
man
The Chinese word 男子 (nánzǐ) for "man" or "male" is composed of two characters: 男 (nán), meaning "male", and 子 (zǐ), meaning "child" or "son". The character 男 is a pictograph depicting a person with a beard, which was traditionally seen as a symbol of masculinity. The character 子 is a semantic-phonetic compound, combining the radical 孑 (jié), meaning "single" or "alone", with the phonetic component 子 (zǐ). Together, the two characters 男子 form a compound word that literally means "male child" or "son", but is more broadly used to refer to men or males in general.
