How To Say Man, Woman In Chinese?

Do you know how to say man or women in Chinese?

In Mandarin Chinese, man is called Nan, woman is called Nv.

• 男 (nán): Boy; man
• 女 (nǚ): Girl; female

The character 男 is made of two very important Chinese characters:

• 田 (tián): Field; farmland
• 力 (lì): Power; strength

These two characters together in 男 represent masculine traits, such as a man working in the field.

What does 女 represent? Well, 女 is like a female sitting with her legs crossed.

There are so many variations of the words to say man and women:

• 男人 (nán ren): Man
• 女人 (nǚ rén): Woman

Bonus word:

• 男女 (nán nǚ): Men and women