猛男

Chinese

		ferocious; suddenly; fierce ferocious; suddenly; fierce; violent; abrupt	male
simp. and trad. (猛男)		猛	男

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měngnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁵ naam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měngnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měngnán
    • Wade–Giles: mêng³-nan²
    • Yale: měng-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meengnan
    • Palladius: мэннань (mɛnnanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁵ naam⁴
    • Yale: máahng nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁵ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁵ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ¹³ naːm²¹/

Noun

猛男

1. strong, masculine man; hunk; beefcake

   • 佢碰見猛男，對眼會猛咁眨 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢碰见猛男，对眼会猛咁眨 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1980, Samuel Hui, 尖沙咀Susie

     keoi⁵ pung³ gin³ maang⁵ naam⁴, deoi³ ngaan⁵ wui⁵ maang⁵ gam³ zaam² [Jyutping]

     If she encounters a hunk, her eyes will bat non-stop