夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn 吗 嗎 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions) 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 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 唉 āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!) / to sigh syn 男人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't / yes or no / whether or not 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 是的 shì de yes, that's right / variant of 似的[shi4 de5] 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 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 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 人造 rén zào man-made / artificial / synthetic syn 对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial) 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 化纤 化纖 huà xiān man-made fiber (abbr. for 化學纖維|化学纤维[hua4xue2 xian1wei2]) syn 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 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 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 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 后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man 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 力士 lì shì strong man / sumo wrestler syn 娶妻 qǔ qī to take a wife / to get married (man) 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 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 工时 工時 gōng shí man-hour 妻妾 qī qiè wives and concubines (of a polygamous man) / harem 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 醉汉 醉漢 zuì hàn intoxicated man / drunkard syn 穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond syn 食人 shí rén man-eating (beast) / to eat people / fig. to oppress the people 哲人 zhé rén wise man syn 正人君子 zhèng rén jūn zi upright gentleman / man of honor syn 老丈 lǎo zhàng sir (respectful form of address for an old man) 须眉 鬚眉 xū méi man or men (formal) syn 洛克人 luò kè rén Rockman or Mega Man (video game series) 匹夫 pǐ fū ordinary man / ignorant person / coarse fellow syn 原始人 yuán shǐ rén primitive man / prehistoric human syn 人治 rén zhì rule of man 原人 yuán rén prehistoric man / primitive man syn 凡夫 fán fū common person / ordinary guy / mortal man 杞人忧天 杞人憂天 qǐ rén yōu tiān man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears syn 