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 探测器 探測器 tàn cè qì detector / probe 矿井 礦井 kuàng jǐng a mine / a mine shaft syn 开采 開採 kāi cǎi to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine syn 探头 探頭 tàn tóu to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit 矿坑 礦坑 kuàng kēng mine / mine shaft 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 检测仪 檢測儀 jiǎn cè yí sensor / detector 挖矿 挖礦 wā kuàng to mine ore or minerals / (computing) to mine cryptocurrency 金属探测器 金屬探測器 jīn shǔ tàn cè qì mine detector / mine locator 电子狗 電子狗 diàn zǐ gǒu radar detector (slang) 侦测器 偵測器 zhēn cè qì detector 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 检测器 檢測器 jiǎn cè qì detector 测谎仪 測謊儀 cè huǎng yí lie detector / polygraph 安全鞋 ān quán xié safety shoes / mine shoes / protective boots / anti-mine boots 气体探测器 气体探測器 qì tǐ tàn cè qì gas detector 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 地雷 dì léi land mine (CL:顆|颗[ke1]) / (fig.) sore point / weak spot 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 金矿 金礦 jīn kuàng gold mine / gold ore 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 肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow 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 煤矿 煤礦 méi kuàng coal mine / coal seam 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 矿山 礦山 kuàng shān mine 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 水雷 shuǐ léi naval mine 文学家 文學家 wén xué jiā writer / man of letters / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 铁矿 鐵礦 tiě kuàng iron ore / iron ore mine 坑道 kēng dào mine shaft / gallery / tunnel 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 矿主 礦主 kuàng zhǔ proprietor of a mine 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 开矿 開礦 kāi kuàng to mine / to open a seam syn 开山 開山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery syn 铜矿 銅礦 tóng kuàng copper mine / copper ore 匹夫 pǐ fū ordinary man / ignorant person / coarse fellow syn 