大男人

Mandarin · pinyin dà nán rén

Meanings

  1. very masculine guy
  2. a real man
  3. (used ironically) a grown man
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大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
男
nán · male, man; son; baron; surname
人
rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
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4–2–2 · da4 nan2 ren2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 naam4 jan2

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