娘炮 niáng pào (slang) effeminate man / sissy / effeminate 堂弟妹 táng dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via male line / younger cousins via male line 一哥 yī gē (coll.) top-ranked male / leading male / top male personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) 奶油 nǎi yóu cream / butter / (coll.) effeminate 婆婆妈妈 婆婆媽媽 pó po mā mā effeminate / old-womanish / garrulous / fainthearted / overly careful / overly sensitive / maudlin syn 娘娘腔 niáng niang qiāng sissy / effeminate 脂粉气 脂粉氣 zhī fěn qì feminine quality / effeminate 奶油小生 nǎi yóu xiǎo shēng handsome but effeminate man / pretty boy 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 男人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 男子 nán zǐ a man / a male syn 玻璃 bō li glass / CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4] / (slang) male homosexual 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 地中海 dì zhōng hǎi (coll.) bald crown / male pattern baldness 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) 公羊 gōng yáng ram (male sheep) syn 堂弟 táng dì younger male patrilineal cousin 男色 nán sè male homosexuality 堂兄 táng xiōng older male patrilineal cousin syn 人丁 rén dīng number of people in a family / population / (old) adult males / male servants syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 表兄 biǎo xiōng older male cousin via female line 男妓 nán jì male prostitute / (old) pimp syn 命根 mìng gēn lifeblood / the thing that one cherishes most in life / (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) syn 马勒 馬勒 mǎ lè Mahler (name) / Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Austrian composer 奸夫 jiān fū male adulterer syn 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 雄激素 xióng jī sù male hormone / testosterone 铁哥们 鐵哥們 tiě gē men (coll.) very close male friends 打飞机 打飛機 dǎ fēi jī (slang) (of a male) to masturbate / to jerk off 童男 tóng nán virgin male syn 表叔 biǎo shū son of grandfather's sister / son of grandmother's brother or sister / father's younger male cousin / (Hong Kong slang) mainlander syn 处子秀 處子秀 chǔ zǐ xiù debut (by a male performer or sports player) 雄性激素 xióng xìng jī sù male hormone / testosterone 武生 wǔ shēng male military role in a Chinese opera 表嫂 biǎo sǎo wife of older male cousin via female line 表兄弟 biǎo xiōng dì male cousins via female line syn 堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin 雄蕊 xióng ruǐ stamen (male part of flower) 六亲 六親 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin syn 种禽 種禽 zhǒng qín cock / male breeding poultry 割礼 割禮 gē lǐ circumcision (male or female) 男风 男風 nán fēng male homosexuality / buggery 旦角 dàn jiǎo Dan, female roles in Chinese opera (played by specialized male actors) syn 旦角 dàn jué dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) syn 势 勢 shì power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals syn 男工 nán gōng male worker 男 nán (bound form) male / baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] syn 狮虎兽 獅虎獸 shī hǔ shòu liger, hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress 阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] syn 弟 dì younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter) syn 虎狮兽 虎獅獸 hǔ shī shòu tigon or tiglon, hybrid cross between a male tiger and a lioness 雄 xióng male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence syn 丁 dīng male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl syn 丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn 