"man" meaning in Chinese

See man in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /män⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mɛːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /män⁵⁵/, /mɛn⁵⁵/, /mɛːn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: mān [Mandarin, Pinyin], mê̄n [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄇㄝㄋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], men¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], man [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], man¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], mān [Mandarin, Yale], mhan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], мань [Mandarin, Palladius], manʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], mê̄n [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], mên [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], mehn¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], mēn [Mandarin, Yale], mhèn [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], мэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], mɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], men¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin]
Etymology: Borrowed from English man. Etymology templates: {{dercat|zh|enm|ang|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro}}, {{bor+|zh|en|man}} Borrowed from English man Head templates: {{head|zh|adjectives}} man
  1. (informal) manly; masculine Tags: informal Synonyms: MAN Related terms: gentleman

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for man meaning in Chinese (3.0kB)

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