男声 (nán shēng) — male voice | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

male voice

Examples

男声。
Zhè shǒu gē qǔ yóu zhù míng de nán shēng yǎn chàng.
This song is sung by a famous male voice.
男声。
nán shēng Hé chàng tuán zài yīn yuè tīng biǎo yǎn dé hěn jīng cǎi.
The male voice choir performed wonderfully at the concert hall.
男声。
Guǎng bō lǐ chuán lái de nán shēng tīng qǐ lái hěn shēn chén.
The male voice coming from the radio sounds very deep.

Origin

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 gives male and 声 gives voice, naming a male voice.

Characters in this word

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

田力男

田田tiánfield
力力lìstrength

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

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聲; 声 is its simplified writing.

殸耳聲

Meaning part形符xíngfú

耳耳ěrear

Sound part声符shēngfú

殸

殸qìng聲shēng

Same sound today

The traditional form 聲 pairs 耳 (ear) with 殸 as a sound part; the simplified 声 is a shorthand and does not show those original parts.

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