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男生

nán shēng · nan sheng

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Meaning

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  1. schoolboy
  2. male student
  3. boy
  4. guy (young adult male)
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  1. Dengdeng

    你看(nǐkàn)我们(wǒmen)班(bān)的(de)照片(zhàopiàn)，男生(nánshēng)真(zhēn)多(duō)！

    Look at our class photo. There are so many boys!

  2. Liangliang

    哪个(nǎge)男生(nánshēng)是(shì)你(nǐ)？

    Which boy is you?

  3. Dengdeng

    最后面(zuìhòumiàn)戴(dài)大(dà)眼镜(yǎnjìng)的(de)男生(nánshēng)。

    The boy in the back, with the big glasses.

  4. Liangliang

    那个(nàge)男生(nánshēng)好像(hǎoxiàng)在(zài)睡觉(shuìjiào)！

    That boy looks like he is sleeping!

  5. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，拍照(pāizhào)的(de)时候(shíhou)我(wǒ)真(zhēn)睡着(shuìzháo)了(le)。

    Yes. I really was asleep when the photo was taken.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)个(ge)男(nán)生(shēng)在(zài)图(tú)书(shū)馆(guǎn)里(lǐ)安(ān)静(jìng)地(de)看(kàn)书(shū)。

That boy is reading quietly in the library.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)班(bān)有(yǒu)二(èr)十(shí)个(ge)男(nán)生(shēng)和(hé)十(shí)五(wǔ)个(ge)女(nǚ)生(shēng)。

Our class has twenty boys and fifteen girls.

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男
nán

male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔděngjuéwèi)

生
shēng

to be born; to give birth

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