好男儿 (hǎo nán ér) — a man of character; a good man with integrity a…

Definition

好男儿 praises a man with strong character, ambition, and a sense of responsibility — a heroic, almost literary ideal rather than just 'a good guy'.

noun

a man of charactera good man with integrity and ambition

Measure word · 个

好男儿。
hǎo nán ér Zhì zài sì fāng.
A good man aspires to explore the world.
好男儿。
Tā shì yí wèi zhēn zhèng de hǎo nán ér.
He is a true man of character.
好男儿，。
Zuò yí gè hǎo nán ér, yào yǒu dān dāng.
To be a good man, one must be responsible.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

男儿man

偏正Modifier + head

好 means good, and 男儿 means a man, giving a man of good character.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

女子好

好 joins 女 (woman) and 子 (child), understood as a woman with a child, linked to goodness or affection.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

田力男

男 is made from 田, a field, and 力, strength. It shows a man working with strength in a field.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 儿 is a simple drawing of a standing person, used as an alternate form of the character for person.