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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 男女

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
男女 nán nǚ - male-female
- male and female

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 4 5,943 2,906 2,022

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
男 nán- (bound form) male
- baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
女 nǚ- female
- woman
- daughter
女 rǔ- old variant of 汝[ru3]

Other Words Containing 男女

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
男女 - 4 5,943 2,906 2,022
男女老少 - - 26,827 29,492 28,281
男女平等 - - 30,520 31,348 27,599
男女老幼 - - 44,866 54,102 61,034