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"men" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
男人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
弟兄们 弟兄們 dì xiōng men brothers / comrades / men / brethren
Chinese Pinyin Translation
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn
师傅 師傅 shī fu master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn
人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur syn
官兵 guān bīng (military) officers and soldiers / officers and men / (old) government troops syn
头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn
长衫 長衫 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao syn
千军万马 千軍萬馬 qiān jūn wàn mǎ magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom) / impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men syn
爷们 爺們 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc syn
须眉 鬚眉 xū méi man or men (formal) syn
官差 guān chāi official business / government workmen / odd-job men
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
名人录 名人錄 míng rén lù record of famous men / anthology of biographies
遗民 遺民 yí mín (lit.) leftover men / (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty / surviving members of an ethnic group
男女授受不亲 男女授受不親 nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
襆 fú (bound form) a kind of headscarf worn by men in ancient China (variant of 幞[fu2]) / variant of 袱[fu2] / Taiwan pr. [pu2]
人多势众 人多勢眾 rén duō shì zhòng many men, a great force (idiom) / many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers. syn
授受不亲 授受不親 shòu shòu bù qīn (in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women
三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ three men talking makes a tiger (idiom) / repeated rumor becomes a fact
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴 huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells / good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
三从四德 三從四德 sān cóng sì dé Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 syn
死无对证 死無對證 sǐ wú duì zhèng the dead cannot testify (idiom) / dead men tell no tales
男尊女卑 nán zūn nǚ bēi to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
四海之内皆兄弟 四海之內皆兄弟 sì hǎi zhī nèi jiē xiōng dì all men are brothers
仁人义士 仁人義士 rén rén yì shì those with lofty ideals (idiom) / men of vision
郑人争年 鄭人爭年 zhèng rén zhēng nián Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom) / a futile quarrel
男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages
男女老幼 nán nǚ lǎo yòu men, women, young and old / everybody
援助交际 援助交際 yuán zhù jiāo jì Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors
国家促进男女平等和公平政策 National Policy to Promote Equality and Equity between Men and Women
太空人的基本环境问题国际专题讨论会 太空人的基本環境問題國際專題討論會 International Symposium on Basic Environmental Problems of Men in Space
欧洲男女平等委员会 歐洲男女平等委員會 European Committee for Equality between Women and Men
黄钟毀弃瓦釜雷鸣 黄鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴 huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells / good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
男女平等指导委员会 男女平等指導委員會 Steering Committee for Equality between Women and Men
关于男女就业机会和待遇平等的行动计划 關於男女就業機會和待遇平等的行動計劃 Plan of Action on equality of opportunity and treatment of men and women in employment
男性领导人网络 男性領導人網絡 Network of Men Leaders
幞头 幞頭 fú tóu a kind of headscarf worn by men in ancient China
男女平等问题欧洲部长级会议 男女平等問題歐洲部長級會議 European Ministerial Conference on Equality between Men and Women
万夫不当 萬夫不當 wàn fū bù dāng lit. unbeatable by even 10,000 men (idiom) / fig. extremely brave and strong
戴绿帽子 戴綠帽子 dài lǜ mào zi to have been cheated on by one's partner (formerly meant "to be a cuckold", i.e. applied to men only)
心急吃不了热豆腐 心急吃不了熱豆腐 xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
男女机会平等咨询委员会 男女機會平等咨詢委員會 Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities for Men and Women
吧托 bā tuō scam girl / woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧[jiu3 ba1]
吧托女 bā tuō nǚ scam girl / woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧[jiu3 ba1]
男女工人同工同酬公约 男女工人同工同酬公約 Convention concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value
男女劳工同工同酬建议 男女勞工同工同酬建議 nán rǔ láo gōng tòng gōng tòng chóu jiàn yì Recommendation concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value
人中龙凤 人中龍鳳 rén zhōng lóng fèng a giant among men (idiom)
媒合 méi hé to match up (employers and jobseekers, men and women seeking a partner, blind people and guide dogs etc)
媚男 mèi nán (slang) to pander to men
智囊委员会 智囊委員會 Committee of Wise Men
小绿人 小綠人 xiǎo lǜ rén little green men from Mars
联邦男女平等局 聯邦男女平等局 lián bāng nán rǔ píng děng jú Federal Office of Equality between Women and Men
打千 dǎ qiān genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand
男子在人口和生殖健康方桉中的作用会议 男子在人口和生殖健康方案中的作用會議 Conference on the Role of Men in Population and Reproductive Health Programmes
酒不醉人人自醉，色不迷人人自迷 jiǔ bù zuì rén rén zì zuì , sè bù mí rén rén zì mí wine doesn't make men drunk: men get themselves intoxicated. Lust does not overpower men: men surrender themselves to lust
过庭录 過庭錄 guò tíng lù lit. Notes on Passing the Hall, historical jottings by 12th century Southern Song poet Fan Gongcheng 范公偁[Fan4 Gong1 cheng1], containing moral instructions derived from great men of Song dynasty
男男性接触者 nán nán xìng jiē chù zhě men who have sex with men / men having sex with men
男男性行为者 男男性行為者 men who have sex with men / men having sex with men
发掘真相联合委员会 發掘真相聯合委員會 Joint Committee for the Emergence of the Truth / Komite mete men pou verite blayi
眷区 眷區 juàn qū married quarters / residential quarters for men with families
男女平等委员会 Committee for Equality between Women and Men
荒烟蔓草 荒煙蔓草 huāng yān màn cǎo lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds / desolate (idiom)
阅男无数 閱男無數 yuè nán wú shù (idiom) to have had relationships with many men
老年男性 lǎo nián nán xìng older men
男女平等权利局 男女平等權利局 nán rǔ píng děng quán lì jú Bureau for Equal Rights between Men and Women
男人来自火星，女人来自金星 男人來自火星，女人來自金星 nán rén lái zì huǒ xīng , nǚ rén lái zì jīn xīng Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (book by John Gray)
剃发令 剃髮令 tì fà lìng the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
男儿有泪不轻弹 男兒有淚不輕彈 nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán real men do not easily cry (idiom)
不让须眉 不讓鬚眉 bù ràng xū méi (idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc / to be a match for men / lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
男主外，女主内 男主外，女主內 nán zhǔ wài , nǚ zhǔ nèi men go out to work and women stay at home (idiom)
酒托女 jiǔ tuō nǚ woman hired to lure men to high-priced bars
男怕入错行，女怕嫁错郎 男怕入錯行，女怕嫁錯郎 nán pà rù cuò háng , nǚ pà jià cuò láng men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)
吃着碗里，看着锅里 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡 chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
纠正目前男女参政不平衡现象行动计划 糾正目前男女參政不平衡現象行動計劃 Plan of Action to Correct Present Imbalances in the Participation of Men and Women in Political Life
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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