Chinese symbol for “masculinity”
男子气概
nán zǐ qì gài
Traditional: 男子氣概
masculinity; manliness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for masculinity is 男子气概 (nán zǐ qì gài), defined as: masculinity; manliness.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 男子气概.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 男人 | nán rén | a man; a male |
| 男子 | nán zǐ | a man; a male |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
| 男女 | nán nǚ | male-female; male and female |
| 男孩 | nán hái | boy |
| 男朋友 | nán péng you | boyfriend |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 概念 | gài niàn | concept; idea |
See also: Japanese symbol for “masculinity”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.