Ideographic: Someone who can work 力 the farm 田Radical:

meaning for nán:

  • - male
  • - Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 a man
  • - a malea man
  • - a male
  • - men
  • - Classifiers: 个 the male sex
  • - a maleschoolboy
  • - male student
  • - boy
  • - guy (young adult male)men's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)

shì
dìyīwèi第一位
yíngdé赢得
àoyùnhuì奥运会
tiánjìng田径
bǐsài比赛
jīnpái金牌
de
zhōngguó中国
nán
yùndòngyuán运动员

He was the first Chinese man to win an Olympic track gold.


lǎoshī老师
zǒujìn走进
jiàoshì教室
shí
nán
háizimen孩子们
tíngzhǐ停止
xuānhuá喧哗

The boys stopped their clatter when the teacher came into the classroom.