Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested
Stroke order
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How it used to be written
男
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 14 forms
人
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 19 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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一个丑男人敲了我的门。
An ugly man knocked on my door.
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一个醉了的男人在长椅上睡觉。
A drunken man was sleeping on the bench.
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不喝酒的男人还是男人吗?
Are men who don't drink still men?
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他叫那个男人帮助他。
He asked the man to help him.
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他对一个生病的男人说这种事真是没良心。
It was heartless of him to say such a thing to the sick man.
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他已经是个男人了。
He's already a man.
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他是个很难相处的男人。
He is a man hard to get on with.
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他是个能干的男人。
He is a man of ability.