时 時 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn 点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 度 dù to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences syn 论 論 lùn opinion / view / theory / doctrine / to discuss / to talk about / to regard / to consider / per / by the (kilometer, hour etc) syn 更 gēng to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) syn 夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn 小时 小時 xiǎo shí hour / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 人为 人為 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort syn 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir 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 大丈夫 dà zhàng fu a manly man / a man of character syn 好家伙 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man! syn 老父 lǎo fù father / old man / venerable sir syn 姐弟恋 姐弟戀 jiě dì liàn love between an older woman and a younger man 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 老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn 男同胞 nán tóng bāo man / male / male compatriot 倒霉蛋 dǎo méi dàn (coll.) poor devil / unfortunate man 小开 小開 xiǎo kāi (dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master syn 时不我待 時不我待 shí bù wǒ dài (idiom) time and tide wait for no man syn 贤士 賢士 xián shì virtuous person / a man of merit 大拿 dà ná (coll.) man in power / boss / authority / expert 做鸭 做鴨 zuò yā (slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute 龚自珍 龔自珍 gōng zì zhēn Gong Zizhen (1792-1841), Chinese man of letters, calligrapher and poet 满 滿 mǎn to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented syn 宝刀不老 寶刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it syn 节 節 jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn 刻 kè quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals syn 破瓜 pò guā (of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64 慢 màn slow syn 男人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 男子 nán zǐ a man / a male syn 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents 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 杀手 殺手 shā shǒu killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player syn 二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 男士 nán shì man / gentleman syn 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn 半小时 半小時 bàn xiǎo shí half hour 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 老者 lǎo zhě old man / elderly man syn 一小时 一小時 yī xiǎo shí one hour 时分 時分 shí fēn time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 syn 时段 時段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day 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 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 时辰 時辰 shí chen time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day syn 人造 rén zào man-made / artificial / synthetic 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 现代人 現代人 xiàn dài rén modern man / Homo sapiens 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 学时 學時 xué shí class hour / period syn 化纤 化纖 huà xiān man-made fiber (abbr. for 化學纖維|化学纤维[hua4xue2 xian1wei2]) syn 时速 時速 shí sù speed per hour 男儿 男兒 nán ér a (real) man / boy / son syn 男子汉 男子漢 nán zǐ hàn man (i.e. manly, masculine) syn 智者 zhì zhě sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person syn 高峰期 gāo fēng qī peak period / rush hour 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn 情妇 情婦 qíng fù mistress / paramour (of married man) syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 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 武将 武將 wǔ jiàng general / military leader / fierce man syn 文学家 文學家 wén xué jiā writer / man of letters / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 电表 電表 diàn biǎo power meter / ammeter / amperemeter / wattmeter / kilowatt-hour meter syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 钟头 鐘頭 zhōng tóu hour / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 白人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian 蜘蛛侠 蜘蛛俠 zhī zhū xiá Spider-Man, comic book superhero 风云人物 風雲人物 fēng yún rén wù the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure syn 成家 chéng jiā to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert syn 驻守 駐守 zhù shǒu (man a post and) defend syn 靓仔 靚仔 liàng zǎi handsome young man 包房 bāo fáng compartment (of train, ship etc) / private room at restaurant / rented room for karaoke / hotel room rented by the hour 后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man syn 正点 正點 zhèng diǎn (of a train etc) on time / punctual / (slang) awesome / (Tw) on the hour syn 老儿 老兒 lǎo ér father / husband / old man 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 老翁 lǎo wēng old man syn 午时 午時 wǔ shí 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) 力士 lì shì strong man / sumo wrestler syn 千瓦时 千瓦時 qiān wǎ shí kilowatt-hour 娶妻 qǔ qī to take a wife / to get married (man) 零时 零時 líng shí midnight / zero hour 财主 財主 cái zhǔ rich man / moneybags syn 小白脸 小白臉 xiǎo bái liǎn attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo 圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn 曾国藩 曾國藩 zēng guó fān Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man 子时 子時 zǐ shí 11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) 左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man syn 男女关系 男女關係 nán nǚ guān xì man-woman connection / intimate relationship 大块头 大塊頭 dà kuài tóu heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug syn 柳暗花明 liǔ àn huā míng lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom) / at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel 