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男性

nánxìng

male

Usage note

男性表示男的,和女性相对。

nán xìng biǎo shì nán de, hé nǚ xìng xiāng duì。

Male means male, in contrast to female.

Context note

男性常出现在介绍、统计和学术表达里。

nán xìng cháng chū xiàn zài jiè shào 、 tǒng jì hé xué shù biǎo dá lǐ。

Male often appears in introductions, statistics, and academic expressions.

5 examples

他是男性
tā shì nán xìng。
He is male.
男性和女性。
nán xìng hé nǚ xìng。
Male and female.
这位医生是男性
zhè wèi yī shēng shì nán xìng。
This doctor is male.
男性也会做饭。
nán xìng yě huì zuò fàn。
Males also cook.
男性朋友很多。
nán xìng péng yǒu hěn duō。
There are many male friends.

5 mini stories

老师说男性和女性都很重要。
lǎo shī shuō nán xìng hé nǚ xìng dōu hěn zhòng yào。
The teacher said both males and females are important.
这位男性很有礼貌。
zhè wèi nán xìng hěn yǒu lǐ mào。
This male person is very polite.
在统计表里,我看见男性和女性的数字。
zài tǒng jì biǎo lǐ, wǒ kàn jiàn nán xìng hé nǚ xìng de shù zì。
In the statistics table, I saw the numbers for males and females.
我学会了男性这个词,也学会了女性。
wǒ xué huì le nán xìng zhè ge cí, yě xué huì le nǚ xìng。
I learned the word male and also learned female.
不同的男性有不同的爱好。
bù tóng de nán xìng yǒu bù tóng de ài hào。
Different males have different hobbies.

Mini dialogue

新同学

A
我们班来了一位新同学,是男性
Wǒmen bān lái le yí wèi xīn tóngxué, shì nánxìng.
Our class has a new classmate. He is male.
B
太好了,我们可以一起踢足球了。
Tài hǎo le, wǒmen kěyǐ yìqǐ tī zúqiú le.
Great, we can play soccer together now.

读书活动

A
这次读书活动,有几位男性老师参加?
Zhè cì dúshū huódòng, yǒu jǐ wèi nánxìng lǎoshī cānjiā?
How many male teachers are participating in this reading activity?
B
有两位男性老师会来给我们讲故事。
Yǒu liǎng wèi nánxìng lǎoshī huì lái gěi wǒmen jiǎng gùshi.
Two male teachers will come to tell us stories.

Related words and contrasts

opposite
女性
nǚ xìng
female

The direct opposite, used for the female gender.

similar
男的
nán de
male; man

A more casual, spoken way to say 'male' or 'man'.

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