曼 (màn): handsome, large
曼 (màn) is a Chinese character meaning “handsome.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (structural), 罒 (structural) and 又 (structural). It ranks #913 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 曼 two hands 日, 又 pulling an eye open 罒. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 时 (shí, time, hour), 明 (míng, bright, tomorrow).
Definitions
- handsome
- large
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTwo hands 日, 又 pulling an eye open 罒
Decomposition: ⿱日⿱罒又 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曼哈顿proper-noun | màn hā dùn | Manhattan island |
| 阿曼proper-noun | ā màn | Oman |
| 曼波noun | màn bō | (loanword) mambo (dance) |
| 曼谷proper-noun | màn gǔ | Bangkok, capital of Thailand |
| 曼德拉 | màn dé lā | Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1999 |
| 罗曼史noun | luó màn shǐ | romance (loanword) |
| 开曼群岛proper-noun | kāi màn qún dǎo | Cayman Islands |
| 曼彻斯特proper-noun | màn chè sī tè | Manchester |
| 诺曼底proper-noun | nuò màn dǐ | Normandy, France |
| 日耳曼proper-noun | rì ěr màn | Germanic |
| 霍夫曼proper-noun | huò fū màn | Hofmann or Hoffman (name) |
| 舒曼proper-noun | shū màn | Schumann (name) |
| 罗曼蒂克adjective | luó màn dì kè | (loanword) romantic |
| 查普曼 | chá pǔ màn | Chapman (name) |
| 惠特曼 | huì tè màn | Walt Whitman (1819–1892), American poet and journalist |
曼 appears in 100 compound words: 27 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 40 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 曼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
Cayman Islands (three islands constituting an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea)
Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England)
Cayman Islands (three islands constituting an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea)
Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England)
Showing 6 of 7 idioms containing 曼.
Example Sentences
曼复一日，他坚持早起锻炼身体。
màn fù yī rì , tā jiān chí zǎo qǐ duàn liàn shēn tǐ .
Day after day, he made it a point to get up early and exercise.
阿曼证实美伊2/26日内瓦再谈 传德黑兰愿就...
ā màn zhèng shí měi yī 2 2 6 rì nèi wǎ zài tán chuán dé hēi lán yuàn jiù . . .
Oman confirms that the U.S. and Iran will hold another round of talks in Geneva on February 26; reports suggest Tehran is willing to discuss...
东南亚加里曼丹岛附近发生7级地震
dōng nán yà jiā lǐ màn dān dǎo fù jìn fā shēng 7 jí dì zhèn
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck near the island of Kalimantan in Southeast Asia
阿曼:美伊26日再次瑞士谈判 伊朗外长:核问...
ā màn : měi yī 2 6 rì zài cì ruì shì tán pàn yī lǎng wài cháng : hé wèn . . .
Oman: U.S. and Iran to Resume Talks in Switzerland on the 26th; Iranian Foreign Minister: Nuclear Issue...
佘诗曼过年左拥右抱 将“小鲜肉”抱入怀中啜爆
佘 shī màn guò nián zuǒ yōng yòu bào jiāng xiǎo xiān ròu bào rù huái zhōng 啜 bào
Charlene Shee Celebrates the New Year Surrounded by Loved Ones, Snuggling a "Young Heartthrob" Close to Her Chest
Character Family
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