男丁
nán dīng
Pinyin

Definition

男丁
 - 
nán dīng
  1. adult male

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

男
nán
  1. 1 male
  2. 2 Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
丁
Dīng
  1. 1 surname Ding
丁丁
Dīng dīng
  1. 1 Tintin, cartoon character
宅男
zhái nán
  1. 1 a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")

Idioms (12)

不知丁董
bù zhī Dīng Dǒng
  1. 1 forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom)
  2. 2 unheeding the lessons of the past
付之丙丁
fù zhī bǐng dīng
  1. 1 to burn down (idiom)
女扮男装
nǚ bàn nán zhuāng
  1. 1 (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nǚ 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)

Sample Sentences

北方游牧民族屡次侵犯我国边境，各家各户务必派出男丁，保家卫国！
běifāng yóumù mínzú lǚcì qīnfàn wǒguó biānjìng ，gèjiāgèhù wùbì pàichū nándīng ，bǎojiāwèiguó ！
The nomadic tribes from the North have repeatedly infringed upon our borders. Every family and household must send an adult male to defend their home and country!
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