大块头 大塊頭 dà kuài tóu heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug syn 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 醉醺醺 zuì xūn xūn drunk / intoxicated syn 沉醉 chén zuì to become intoxicated syn 老者 lǎo zhě old man / elderly man syn 大丈夫 dà zhàng fu a manly man / a man of character syn 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn 原人 yuán rén prehistoric man / primitive man syn 迷醉 mí zuì bewitched / intoxicated by sth 如醉如痴 如醉如癡 rú zuì rú chī lit. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom) / intoxicated by sth / obsessed with / mad about sth / also written 如癡如醉|如痴如醉[ru2 chi1 ru2 zui4] syn 醉 zuì intoxicated syn 酣 hān intoxicated syn 醺 xūn helplessly intoxicated syn 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 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 阿爹 ā diē dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man syn 壮丁 壯丁 zhuàng dīng able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war) syn 病夫 bìng fū sick man syn 唯唯诺诺 唯唯諾諾 wěi wěi nuò nuò to be a yes-man syn 明哲保身 míng zhé bǎo shēn a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle syn 笑面虎 xiào miàn hǔ man with a big smile and evil intentions syn 妻妾 qī qiè wives and concubines (of a polygamous man) / harem syn 匹夫 pǐ fū ordinary man / ignorant person / coarse fellow syn 财神爷 財神爺 cái shén yé god of wealth / very wealthy man syn 贤良 賢良 xián liáng (of a man) able and virtuous syn 拉锯 拉鋸 lā jù a two-man saw / fig. to-and-fro between two sides 化纤 化纖 huà xiān man-made fiber (abbr. for 化學纖維|化学纤维[hua4xue2 xian1wei2]) syn 老父 lǎo fù father / old man / venerable sir syn 老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn 天灾人祸 天災人禍 tiān zāi rén huò natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom) syn 武将 武將 wǔ jiàng general / military leader / fierce man syn 须眉 鬚眉 xū méi man or men (formal) syn 愚公移山 yú gōng yí shān the old man moves mountains (idiom) / fig. where there's a will, there's a way syn 人祸 人禍 rén huò man-made disaster 贤士 賢士 xián shì virtuous person / a man of merit 二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man 北京人 běi jīng rén Beijing resident / Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4], Beijing 蜘蛛侠 蜘蛛俠 zhī zhū xiá Spider-Man, comic book superhero 靓仔 靚仔 liàng zǎi handsome young man 老儿 老兒 lǎo ér father / husband / old man 老翁 lǎo wēng old man syn 娶妻 qǔ qī to take a wife / to get married (man) 小白脸 小白臉 xiǎo bái liǎn attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo 曾国藩 曾國藩 zēng guó fān Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man 