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男
nán
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English Definitionmale; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位
Simplified Script男
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinnán
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)naam4
Part of Speech(形) adjective, (名) noun
Measure Words个
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=2

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男子nánzǐa man; a male
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