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男生

nán shēng · nan sheng

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

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那(nà)个(ge)男(nán)生(shēng)在(zài)图(tú)书(shū)馆(guǎn)里(lǐ)安(ān)静(jìng)地(de)看(kàn)书(shū)。

That boy is reading quietly in the library.

我(wǒ)们(men)班(bān)有(yǒu)二(èr)十(shí)个(ge)男(nán)生(shēng)和(hé)十(shí)五(wǔ)个(ge)女(nǚ)生(shēng)。

Our class has twenty boys and fifteen girls.

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male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]

to be born; to give birth

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