| 男 | nán | male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位; CL:个 |
| 男子 | nán zǐ | a man; a male |
| 男女 | nán nǚ | male-female; male and female |
| 男人 | nán rén | a man; a male; men; CL:个 |
| 男孩 | nán hái | boy; CL:个 |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
| 男女平等 | nán nǚ píng děng | equality of the sexes |
| 男子汉 | nán zǐ hàn | man (i.e. manly, masculine) |
| 男儿 | nán ér | a (real) man; boy; son |
| 男生 | nán shēng | male student; schoolboy |
| 男朋友 | nán péng you | male friend; boyfriend |
| 乱搞男女关系 | luàn gǎo nán nǚ guān xì | to be promiscuous; to sleep around |
| 型男 | xíng nán | fashionable and good-looking guy (slang) |
| 大男子主义 | dà nán zǐ zhǔ yì | male chauvinism |
| 大男子主义者 | dà nán zǐ zhǔ yì zhě | male chauvinist |
| 姨甥男女 | yí sheng nán nǚ | wife's sister's children |
| 宅男 | zhái nán | male addicted to computers, computer games, adult cartoons etc (2000s Taiwan slang, derived from Japanese otaku 御宅男 house male); fan of computer games; by extension, nerd |
| 少男少女 | shào nán shào nǚ | boys and girls; teenagers |
成功的男人后面必
有一个奉献的女人 | chéng gōng de nán rén hòu mian bì yǒu yī gè fèng xiàn de nǚ rén | Every successful man has a dedicated woman behind him (European proverb). |
| 欺男霸女 | qī nán bà nǚ | to oppress the people; to act tyrannically |
| 狗男女 | gǒu nán nǚ | a couple engaged in an illicit love affair; a cheating couple |
| 男中音 | nán zhōng yīn | baritone |
男人来自火星，
女人来自金星 | Nán rén lái zì Huǒ xīng ,
Nǚ rén lái zì Jīn xīng | Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (book by John Gray) |
| 男人婆 | nán rén pó | tomboy (slang) |
| 男人膝下有黄金 | nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīn | lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing to pride or moral integrity) |
| 男低音 | nán dī yīn | bass (music); lower register male voice |
| 男修道院长 | nán xiū dào yuàn zhǎng | abbot |
| 男傧相 | nán bīn xiàng | best man (in a marriage) |
| 男儿有泪不轻弹 | nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán | real men do not easily cry (idiom) |
| 男友 | nán yǒu | boyfriend |
| 男基尼 | nán jī ní | mankini (loanword) |
| 男士 | nán shì | man; gentleman |
| 男女老少 | nán nǚ lǎo shào | men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages; each and everyone |
| 男女关系 | nán nǚ guān xì | man-woman connection; intimate relationship |
| 男婚女嫁 | nán hūn nǚ jià | to celebrate a wedding |
| 男婴 | nán yīng | male baby |
| 男子单 | nán zǐ dān | men's singles (sports) |
| 男子气 | nán zǐ qì | manly; masculine |
| 男子篮球 | nán zǐ lán qiú | men's basketball |
| 男孩儿 | nán háir | boy |
| 男孩子 | nán hái zi | boy |
| 男孩乐队 | nán hái yuè duì | boy band (type of pop group) |
| 男家 | nán jiā | man's family (in marriage) |
| 男巫 | nán wū | wizard; warlock |
| 男厕 | nán cè | gents washroom; gents toilets |
| 男性主义 | nán xìng zhǔ yì | masculism |
| 男性化 | nán xìng huà | to masculinize; masculinization |
| 男性厌恶 | nán xìng yàn wù | misandry |
| 男性亲属 | nán xìng qīn shǔ | kinsman |
| 男性贬抑 | nán xìng biǎn yì | misandry |
