thiếu nam

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === thiếu-nam === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 少男, composed of 少 (“young”) and 男 (“male person”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰiəw˧˦ naːm˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰiw˨˩˦ naːm˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰiw˦˥ naːm˧˧] === Noun === (classifier người) thiếu nam (rare, literary) synonym of thiếu niên (“a lad”) (a boy or young man) Coordinate terms: lão nam, thanh nam, thiếu nữ (divination) the youngest son Coordinate terms: trung nam, trưởng nam, thiếu nữ ==== Usage notes ==== While thiếu nữ can be used by itself, thiếu nam is mostly used contrastively as a male equivalent of thiếu nữ in the same running text.