少男 (shào nán) — young male, teenage boy

Definition

noun

young maleteenage boy

Measure word · 个

少男。
Xǔ duō shào nán dōu xǐ huan dǎ lán qiú.
Many young males like to play basketball.
少男。
Tā xiě le yì běn guān yú shào nán chéng zhǎng de xiǎo shuō.
She wrote a novel about the growth of young males.
少男。
Zhè ge shào nán lái zì yí gè piān yuǎn de xiǎo zhèn.
This young male comes from a remote small town.

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.

少 “young” + 男 “male” describes a young male.

Characters in this word

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

The form 少 is drawn as four dots, perhaps three grains of sand, to indicate a few or a little.

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.

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