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男子

naam4 zi2included in 2 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord

(正式)男人 (量詞：名) ((formal) man; male)

名詞

Examples

現場有一名可疑男子。

jin6 coeng4 jau5 jat1 ming4 ho2 ji4 naam4 zi2

There is a suspicious man on site.

維基辭典YueWord书面

Original phonetic: /naːm²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

01

man; male (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 名 m c)

02

son

Examples

封人曰：“壽、富、多男子，人之所欲也。汝獨不欲，何邪？”堯曰：“多男子則多懼，富則多事，壽則多辱。是三者，非所以養德也，故辭。”

The border warden said, “A long life, plenty of money, and many sons are what all people crave for. You are the only one who says you don't need them. Why?" “Many sons,” answered Yao, “are many anxieties, plenty of money means plenty of troubles, and a long life brings so much disgrace. These three gifts won't nourish my virtue. That's why I don't need them.”