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This page discusses the gender in Cantonese. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.
Boy: 男仔 nán zǐ |
Girl: 女仔 nǚ zǐ |
Man: 男人 nánrén |
Woman: 女人 nǚrén |
Father: 爸爸 bàba |
Mother: 媽媽 māmā |
Brother: 兄弟 xiōngdì |
Sister: 姊妹 zǐmèi |
Actor: 男演員 nán yǎnyuán |
Actress: 女演員 nǚ yǎnyuán |
Cat (m): 貓公 māo gōng |
Cat (f): 貓乸 māo nǎ |
These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.
He is tall: 佢好高 qú hào gāo |
She is tall: 佢好高 qú hào gāo |
He is a short man: 佢係一個矮男人 qú xì yīgè ǎi nánrén |
She is a short woman: 佢係一個矮女人 qú xì yīgè ǎi nǚrén |
He is German: 佢係德國人 qú xì déguó rén |
She is German: 佢係德國人 qú xì déguó rén |
Japanese men are friendly: 日本男人好友善 rìběn nánrén hǎoyǒu shàn |
Japanese women are friendly: 日本女人好友善 rìběn nǚrén hǎoyǒu shàn |
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