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男女 (nán nǚ): Male-female (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Pinyinnán nǚ

Meaningmale-female

Characters2

HSK—

Syntaxnoun

Word男女

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Example Sentences with 男女

nán男

nǚ女

píng平

děng等

shì是

shè社

huì会

jìn进

bù步

de的

zhòng重

yào要

biāo标

zhì志

。

Gender equality is an important sign of social progress.

nǐ你

jué觉

de得

gōng公

sī司

lǐ里

nán男

nǚ女

yuán员

gōng

工

de的

bǐ比

lì例

shī失

héng衡

wèn问

tí题

xū需

yào要

jiě解

jué决

ma吗

？

Do you think the imbalance in the male-to-female employee ratio within the company needs to be addressed?

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 男女.

Words with 男

男朋友nán péng youHSK 1
男孩儿nán hái rHSK 2
男人nán rénHSK 3
男生nán shēngHSK 3
男士nán shìHSK 4
男性nán xìngHSK 4
男子nán zǐHSK 5
男方nán fāngHSK 7-9

Words with 女

女儿nǚ érHSK 1
女朋友nǚ péng youHSK 1
女孩儿nǚ hái rHSK 2
女人nǚ rénHSK 3
女生nǚ shēngHSK 3
女性nǚ xìngHSK 4
孙女sūn nǚHSK 4
母女

mǔ nǚ

HSK 4