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

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

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