男孩
nán hái
Pinyin

Definition

男孩
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nán hái
  1. boy
  2. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

女孩
nu:3 hái
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 lass
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child
男
nán
  1. 1 male
  2. 2 Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
孩子们
hái zi men
  1. 1 children
小孩
xiǎo hái
  1. 1 child
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
小孩子
xiǎo hái zi
  1. 1 child
男儿
nán ér
  1. 1 a (real) man
  2. 2 boy
  3. 3 son
男友
nán yǒu
  1. 1 boyfriend
男士
nán shì
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 gentleman
男女
nán nu:3
  1. 1 male-female
  2. 2 male and female
男子
nán zǐ
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
男孩
nán hái
  1. 1 boy
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
男性
nán xìng
  1. 1 the male sex
  2. 2 a male
男朋友
nán péng you
  1. 1 boyfriend
男生
nán shēng
  1. 1 schoolboy
  2. 2 male student
  3. 3 boy
  4. 4 guy (young adult male)
男装
nán zhuāng
  1. 1 men's clothes
善男信女
shàn nán xìn nu:3
  1. 1 lay practitioners of Buddhism
型男
xíng nán
  1. 1 fashionable and good-looking guy (slang)
大男人
dà nán rén
  1. 1 very masculine guy
  2. 2 a real man
  3. 3 (used ironically) a grown man

Idioms (10)

女扮男装
nu:3 bàn nán zhuāng
  1. 1 (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nu:3 dòu
  1. 1 a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
男儿有泪不轻弹
nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán
  1. 1 real men do not easily cry (idiom)
男尊女卑
nán zūn nu:3 bēi
  1. 1 to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
男扮女装
nán bàn nu:3 zhuāng
  1. 1 (of a man) to dress as a woman (idiom)
男欢女爱
nán huān nu:3 ài
  1. 1 passionate love (idiom)
红男绿女
hóng nán lu:4 nu:3
  1. 1 young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
绿女红男
lu:4 nu:3 hóng nán
  1. 1 young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
老婆孩子热炕头
lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou
  1. 1 wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)
  2. 2 the simple and good life
重男轻女
zhòng nán qīng nu:3
  1. 1 to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)

Sample Sentences

男孩坐在客厅里等着妈妈像往常一样来说教他。
nánhái zuò zài kètīng lǐ děng zhe māma xiàng wǎngcháng yīyàng láishuō jiāo tā 。
The boy is waiting in the living room for the mom to discipline him as usual.
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妈妈蹲下来，看着男孩的眼睛说：你知道我有多爱你吗？
māma dūnxiàlái ，kànzhe nánhái de yǎnjing shuō ：nǐ zhīdào wǒ yǒu duō ài nǐ ma ？
Mom came down to the level of the boy, looked at his eyes and asked: "Do you know how much I love you?"
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正如你所想，得知这个消息后，澳洲夫妇要求代理孕母堕胎，而派塔拉蒙则因为自己的佛教信仰而拒绝了。生产后，澳洲夫妇将健康的女婴带回了澳洲抚养，而将患有唐氏症和先天性心脏病的小男孩盖米留在了泰国。
zhèngrú nǐ suǒ xiǎng ，dézhī zhè ge xiāoxi hòu ，Àozhōu fūfù yāoqiú dàilǐyùnmǔ duòtāi ，ér Pàitǎlāméng zé yīnwèi zìjǐ de fójiào xìnyǎng ér jùjué le 。shēngchǎn hòu ，Àozhōu fūfù jiāng jiànkāng de nǚ yīng dài huí le Àozhōu fǔyǎng ，ér jiāng huàn yǒu tángshìzhèng hé xiāntiānxìng xīnzàngbìng de xiǎo nánhái Gàimǐ liú zài le Tàiguó 。
As you might think, when they found out this information, the Australian couple asked her to have an abortion, but Pattaramon, because of her Buddhist faith, refused. After the birth, the Australian couple took the healthy child back to Australia to raise her and left the little boy Gammy with Down syndrome and congenital heart disease in Thailand.
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虽然"爱乐之城"是好片，我还是希望有点惊喜，比方说"月光男孩"还有"海边的曼彻斯特"就很有可能是黑马。
suīrán "àilèzhīchéng "shì hǎo piàn ，wǒ háishì xīwàng yǒudiǎnr jīngxǐ ，bǐfangshuō "yuèguāngnánhái "háiyǒu "hǎibiān de mànchèsītè "jiù hěn yǒu kěnéng shì hēimǎ 。
Although "La La Land" is a good film, I still hope for a surprise. Something like "Moonlight" or "Manchester by the Sea" could really be dark horses.
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嗐！她眼光高，到现在也没见她带一个男孩子回来过。
hài ！tā yǎnguāng gāo ，dào xiànzài yě méi jiàn tā dài yī gè nánháizi huílai guò 。
Ha, she's got high standards. Till this day, she's never brought a guy home (to meet us).
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给男孩起的名字一般要大气磅礴，明朗潇洒，男性色彩明显的，比如“崇”“栋”等。给女孩起的名字一般温柔婉约，明艳动人具有女性色彩，比如“婷”“静”等。
gěi nánhái qǐ de míngzi yībān yào dàqì pángbó ，mínglǎng xiāosǎ ，nánxìng sècǎi míngxiǎn de ，bǐrú “chóng ”“dòng ”děng 。gěi nǚhái qǐ de míngzi yībān wēnróu wǎnyuē ，míngyàn dòngrén jùyǒu nǚxìng sècǎi ，bǐrú “tíng ”“jìng ”děng 。
When naming a boy normally you need an imposing and impressive name, which is straight-forward and exudes confidence and is clearly masculine, like "崇", meaning "lofty" or "worship" and "栋", meaning "ridgepole". When giving a girl a name normally you need a gentle and graceful name, bright, colorful and moving with feminine characteristics, like "婷", meaning "graceful" and "静", meaning "quiet".
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秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿，他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句，但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月，他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面，但除了点咖啡和道谢之外，他们两人未曾说过其它话语。
qínyǔ shì gè xiūsè de nánháir5 ，tā qíshí yǒushíhou xiǎng hé zhège nǚháiēr liáo jǐ jù ，dàn yě bù zhīdào gāi cónghé liáo qǐ 。jiù zhème guò le jiāngjìn sān ge yuè ，tā hé nǚháiēr jīhū tiāntiān jiàndào miàn ，dàn chúle diǎn kāfēi hé dàoxiè zhīwài ，tāmen liǎng rén wèicéng shuō guo qítā huàyǔ 。
QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.
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这个男孩太帅了,我好喜欢。
zhège nánhái le ,wǒ hǎo xǐhuan 。
This boy is too handsome, i really like him.
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那个男孩子不适合你，别跟他在一起。
nàge nánháizi bù shìhé nǐ ，bié gēn tā zàiyīqǐ 。
That boy doesn't suit you. Don't be with him.
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用脚指头想也知道，皇后自己生不出男孩，怎么容许别的妃子生儿子来动摇他的地位呢？母凭子贵，从古时候到现在都没变，当女人好像就是要生个儿子才能巩固自己在婚姻中的地位。
yòng jiǎozhǐtóu xiǎng yě zhīdào ，huánghòu zìjǐ shēng bù chū nánhái ，zěnme róngxǔ biéde fēizi shēng érzi lái dòngyáo tā de dìwèi ne ？mǔpíngzǐguì ，cóng gǔshíhou dào xiànzài dōu méi biàn ，dāng nǚrén hǎoxiàng jiùshì yào shēng gè érzi cáinéng gǒnggù zìjǐ zài hūnyīn zhōng de dìwèi 。
It doesn't take much to work it out, the Empress hasn't been able to give birth to a son, why would she let the son of a concubine threaten her position? Mothers are only important for the sons they give you, that has remained the same from ancient times until the modern day, having a son consolidates a woman's status in her marriage.
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