眼 yǎn eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) / (often used with 一[yi1]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc syn 大块头 大塊頭 dà kuài tóu heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug syn 洞穴 dòng xué cave / cavern syn 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 山洞 shān dòng cavern / cave syn 穴居 xué jū to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit 洞口 dòng kǒu cave mouth / tunnel entrance 塌陷 tā xiàn to subside / to sink / to cave in syn 凹陷 āo xiàn to cave in / hollow / sunken / depressed syn 地洞 dì dòng tunnel / cave / burrow / dugout syn 塌方 tā fāng to cave in / to collapse / to have a landslide syn 老者 lǎo zhě old man / elderly man syn 大丈夫 dà zhàng fu a manly man / a man of character syn 沉降 chén jiàng to subside / to cave in / subsidence syn 洞窟 dòng kū a cave syn 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 溶洞 róng dòng (geology) solutional cave (typically, a limestone cave) 原人 yuán rén prehistoric man / primitive man syn 窑洞 窯洞 yáo dòng yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China) / CL:孔[kong3] syn 沉陷 chén xiàn to sink / to cave in / (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) syn 石洞 shí dòng cave / cavern 洞府 dòng fǔ cave dwelling / legendary abode of immortals 须弥 須彌 xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues 龙洞 龍洞 lóng dòng cave / natural cavern (in limestone) 水帘洞 水簾洞 shuǐ lián dòng cave with a waterfall at its mouth 阴穴 陰穴 yīn xué cave / (coll.) vagina 洞 dòng cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 陷 xiàn pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect syn 孔 kǒng hole / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for cave dwellings syn 穴 xué cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4] syn 窟 kū cave / hole syn 堀 kū cave / hole 土窑 土窯 tǔ yáo earthen kiln / loess cave 空穴来风 空穴來風 kōng xué lái fēng lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim) syn 峒 dòng cave / cavern 硐 dòng variant of 洞[dong4] / cave / pit 岩穴 yán xué grotto / cave 碉 diāo rock cave (archaic) 岫 xiù cave / mountain peak 男人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 杀手 殺手 shā shǒu killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player syn 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 白人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian 夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 男子 nán zǐ a man / a male syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 男士 nán shì man / gentleman syn 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) syn 男子汉 男子漢 nán zǐ hàn man (i.e. manly, masculine) syn 伴郎 伴郞 bàn láng best man syn 人造 rén zào man-made / artificial / synthetic syn 情妇 情婦 qíng fù mistress / paramour (of married man) syn 好家伙 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man! syn 单身汉 單身漢 dān shēn hàn bachelor / single man syn 硬汉 硬漢 yìng hàn man of steel / unyielding, tough guy syn 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 人为 人為 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 尖兵 jiān bīng point man syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 成家 chéng jiā to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert syn 智者 zhì zhě sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person syn 醉汉 醉漢 zuì hàn intoxicated man / drunkard syn 巫医 巫醫 wū yī witch doctor / medicine man / shaman 穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond syn 左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 力士 lì shì strong man / sumo wrestler syn 好好先生 hǎo hǎo xiān sheng Mr Goody-goody / yes-man (sb who agrees with anything) syn 大力士 dà lì shì strong man / Hercules syn 独角戏 獨角戲 dú jiǎo xì monodrama / one-man show / comic talk syn 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 杞人忧天 杞人憂天 qǐ rén yōu tiān man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears syn 献殷勤 獻殷勤 xiàn yīn qín to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself syn 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn 驻守 駐守 zhù shǒu (man a post and) defend syn 男儿 男兒 nán ér a (real) man / boy / son syn 哲人 zhé rén wise man syn 伯乐 伯樂 bó lè Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent 风云人物 風雲人物 fēng yún rén wù the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure syn 现代人 現代人 xiàn dài rén modern man / Homo sapiens 后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man syn 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch syn 文学家 文學家 wén xué jiā writer / man of letters / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 财主 財主 cái zhǔ rich man / moneybags syn 工时 工時 gōng shí man-hour 孤老 gū lǎo solitary old man or woman / regular patron (at brothels) syn 时不我待 時不我待 shí bù wǒ dài (idiom) time and tide wait for no man syn 