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Young man in Chinese

young man · HSK 4

小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi

  1. 小 xiǎo small
  2. 伙 huǒ partner
  3. 子 zǐ son

Counted with 个: 一个小伙子 yí gè xiǎohuǒzi

这个小伙子很热心。 This young man is very warm-hearted.

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Other ways to say young man

More words with 小 or 伙 or 子

How do you say young man in Chinese?

Young man in Chinese is 小伙子 (xiǎo huǒ zi). You can also say 男生 (nán shēng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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