naam4 hok6 saang1男學生男学生
Jyutpingnaam4 hok6 saang1
Yalenàahm hohk sāang
Definition
Male student or schoolboy.
neutralschoolpeople
How it's used
Specific gender markers like 男 are often omitted in casual speech unless the gender is essential to the context. If the gender is already known or irrelevant, locals simply use 學生. Adding 男 or 女 before 學生 can sometimes sound a bit formal or descriptive, similar to how one might specify a boy student versus a girl student in English.
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That male student studies very hard.
Related words
Common phrases
male student school uniform
Common mistake
Avoid using 男學生 when referring to a group of mixed gender students, as it specifically excludes females. Use 學生 for a general group regardless of gender.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
