| 1 | 男女 | 男女 | nán nǚ | nan2 nu:3 | male-female; male and female | | |
| 2 | 男子 | 男子 | nán zǐ | nan2 zi3 | a man; a male | | |
| 3 | 男人 | 男人 | nán rén | nan2 ren2 | a man; a male; men; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 男 | 男 | nán | nan2 | male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 | | |
| 5 | 男孩 | 男孩 | nán hái | nan2 hai2 | boy; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 6 | 男性 | 男性 | nán xìng | nan2 xing4 | the male sex; a male | | |
| 7 | 男孩子 | 男孩子 | nán hái zi | nan2 hai2 zi5 | boy | | |
| 8 | 男子汉 | 男子漢 | nán zǐ hàn | nan2 zi3 han4 | man (i.e. manly, masculine) | | |
| 9 | 男爵 | 男爵 | nán jué | nan2 jue2 | baron | | |
| 10 | 男方 | 男方 | nán fāng | nan2 fang1 | the bridegroom's side; of the bridegroom's family | | |
| 11 | 男女老少 | 男女老少 | nán nǚ lǎo shào | nan2 nu:3 lao3 shao4 | men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages | | |
| 12 | 男护 | 男護 | nán hù | nan2 hu4 | male nurse | | |
| 13 | 虾男 | 蝦男 | xiā nán | xia1 nan2 | (slang) a guy who is like a prawn: yummy body, but not so appealing above the neck | | |
| 14 | 渣男 | 渣男 | zhā nán | zha1 nan2 | (coll.) jerk; scumbag (esp. in romantic relationships) | | |
| 15 | 男人家 | 男人家 | nán rén jia | nan2 ren2 jia5 | a man (rather than a woman) | | |
| 16 | 大男人 | 大男人 | dà nán rén | da4 nan2 ren2 | very masculine guy; a real man; (used ironically) a grown man | | |
| 17 | 男主外,女主内 | 男主外,女主內 | nán zhǔ wài , nǚ zhǔ nèi | nan2 zhu3 wai4 , nu:3 zhu3 nei4 | men go out to work and women stay at home (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 阅男无数 | 閱男無數 | yuè nán wú shù | yue4 nan2 wu2 shu4 | (idiom) to have had relationships with many men | | |
| 19 | 男按摩师 | 男按摩師 | nán àn mó shī | nan2 an4 mo2 shi1 | masseur | | |
| 20 | 重男轻女 | 重男輕女 | zhòng nán qīng nǚ | zhong4 nan2 qing1 nu:3 | to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 孤男寡女 | 孤男寡女 | gū nán guǎ nǚ | gu1 nan2 gua3 nu:3 | a single man and a single woman; bachelors; a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting) | | |
| 22 | 狗男女 | 狗男女 | gǒu nán nǚ | gou3 nan2 nu:3 | a couple engaged in an illicit love affair; a cheating couple | | |
| 23 | 凤凰男 | 鳳凰男 | fèng huáng nán | feng4 huang2 nan2 | (Internet slang) guy who grew up in the countryside and gained a foothold in the city through hard work | | |
| 24 | 大男人主义 | 大男人主義 | dà nán rén zhǔ yì | da4 nan2 ren2 zhu3 yi4 | male chauvinism | | |
| 25 | 处男 | 處男 | chǔ nán | chu3 nan2 | virgin (male) | | |