一哥 yī gē (coll.) top-ranked male / leading male / top male personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) 堂弟妹 táng dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via male line / younger cousins via male line 玻璃 bō li glass / CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4] / (slang) male homosexual syn 腐女 fǔ nǚ fujoshi (woman who likes manga about male homosexual love) (derived from Japanese 腐女子 "fujoshi") 搞基 gǎo jī (slang) to engage in male homosexual practices 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 没法儿 沒法兒 méi fǎ r (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ... / it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) syn 男女 nán nǚ male-female / male and female syn 男性 nán xìng the male sex / a male syn 男生 nán shēng schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male) 男同胞 nán tóng bāo man / male / male compatriot 妻子管得严 妻子管得嚴 qī zi guǎn dé yán hen-pecked male (esp. one obliged to forsake male friends) 男服务员 男服務員 nán fú wù yuán steward / male clerk / male flight attendant 成丁 chéng dīng (of a male) to come of age / an adult male 堂嫂 táng sǎo wife of older male cousin via male line 堂弟媳 táng dì xí wife of younger male cousin via male line 公对公 公對公 gōng - duì - gōng B2B / business-to-business / (of a connector) male-to-male 男大 nán dà (slang) male university student / male college student 男宾 男賓 nán bīn male guest / male visitor syn 同志 tóng zhì comrade / (slang) homosexual / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] syn 一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) 同性 tóng xìng same nature / homosexual 同性恋者 同性戀者 tóng xìng liàn zhě homosexual / gay person 同性爱 同性愛 tóng xìng ài homosexual 娈童 孌童 luán tóng catamite (boy as homosexual partner) / kept man / gigolo 分桃 fēn táo homosexual 断背 斷背 duàn bèi homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship) 断袖 斷袖 duàn xiù homosexual / see 斷袖之癖|断袖之癖[duan4 xiu4 zhi1 pi3] 龙阳君 龍陽君 lóng yáng jūn homosexual (positive term) 小受 xiǎo shòu (slang) bottom (in a homosexual relationship) 小攻 xiǎo gōng (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) 零号 零號 líng hào (slang) bottom (in a homosexual relationship) 地中海 dì zhōng hǎi (coll.) bald crown / male pattern baldness 命根 mìng gēn lifeblood / the thing that one cherishes most in life / (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) syn 铁哥们 鐵哥們 tiě gē men (coll.) very close male friends 叫驴 叫驢 jiào lǘ (coll.) male donkey syn 小鲜肉 小鮮肉 xiǎo xiān ròu (coll.) teen idol (male) 小哥 xiǎo gē (coll.) young man / polite or friendly form of address or reference for a young male 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn 促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 炸 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn 熊 xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack syn 蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life) 跟手 gēn shǒu (coll.) while doing it / on the way through / (coll.) immediately / at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements syn 过节儿 過節兒 guò jié r (coll.) grudge / strife / (coll.) good manners 𪨊 㞞 sóng (coll.) semen / (coll.) weak and incompetent 榆木脑袋 榆木腦袋 yú mù nǎo dai (coll.) thickhead / (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead) 念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 念想儿 念想兒 niàn xiang r (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 串串 chuàn chuàn (coll.) skewers / barbecued food on sticks / (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1]) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat) / mutt / mixed-breed cat 男人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 男子 nán zǐ a man / a male syn 师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn 两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn 学长 學長 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate syn 师弟 師弟 shī dì young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate 鸭子 鴨子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) syn 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 老爷子 老爺子 lǎo yé zi my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male syn 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 的哥 dī gē male taxi driver / cabbie (slang) syn 处男 處男 chǔ nán virgin (male) 他 tā (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he / him / his / (bound form) other / another / some other (as in 他日[ta1ri4] and 他人[ta1ren2]) syn 伟哥 偉哥 wěi gē Viagra (male impotence drug) 壮阳 壯陽 zhuàng yáng (TCM) to build up one's kidney yang / to boost male sex drive 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) syn 托马斯 托馬斯 tuō mǎ sī Thomas (male name) 雄鹰 雄鷹 xióng yīng male eagle / tercel syn 男星 nán xīng male star / famous actor 螺栓 luó shuān bolt (male component of nut and bolt) 表弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line 雄性 xióng xìng male 美容师 美容師 měi róng shī hairdresser / beautician (male) syn 王八 wáng bā tortoise / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel / pimp syn 雄狮 雄獅 xióng shī male lion 男童 nán tóng boy / male child syn 发情 發情 fā qíng (zoology) (of a female) to be in heat / (of a male) to be in rut 男婴 男嬰 nán yīng male baby 打工仔 dǎ gōng zǎi young worker / employee / young male worker 史蒂夫 shǐ dì fū Steve (male name) 牛郎 niú láng cowherd boy / (slang) male prostitute syn 私生子 sī shēng zǐ illegitimate child (male) / bastard / love child 雌雄 cí xióng male and female 贾宝玉 賈寶玉 jiǎ bǎo yù Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗 结扎 結扎 jié zā to tie up / to bind up / (medicine) to ligate / (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia) / (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation) 