Meaning of shengnan | Babel Free

Definitions

A man who has for an extended amount of time been unable to find a romantic, interpersonal or physically intimate relationship.

China, uncountable

Examples

“The marriage candidates on offer in the parks, she discovered, were often a mismatch of shengnu ("leftover women") and shengnan ("leftover men"), two groups from opposite ends of the social scale.”

“These men have their own unflattering nickname — shengnan, or "leftover men."”

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