Meaning
barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “man” becomes a different word in each tone. 蛮 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 野蛮yě mánbarbarous; uncivilized
- 蛮子mán zibarbarian; slave servant; (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people)
- 蛮力mán lìbrute force
- 蛮干mán gànto act rashly; to act precipitously regardless of the consequences; reckless; foolhardy
- 蛮皮mán pírecalcitrant; obstreperous
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Example Sentence
这道题蛮难的，我做了好久。Zhè dào tí mán nán de, wǒ zuò le hǎo jiǔ.This problem is quite hard; I worked on it for a long time.
这Zhèthis道dàoroad题títopic蛮mánbarbarian难nándifficult (to...)的deof，我wǒI做zuòto make了le(completed action)好久hǎo jiǔ(coll.) for a long time。