羊男

yángnán

noun

Measure Word

一个羊男 gè

Meanings

1 goat-man
2 faun (of Greek mythology)
3 Sheep Man (recurring character in Haruki Murakami's fiction)

Characters

Examples

希腊神话里的羊男喜欢吹排箫。

Xīlà shénhuà lǐ de yángnán xǐhuān chuī páixiāo.

Fauns in Greek mythology like to play the panpipes.

村上春树小说中的羊男是一个奇怪的角色。

Cūnshàng Chūnshù xiǎoshuō zhōng de yángnán shì yī gè qíguài de juésè.

The Sheep Man in Haruki Murakami's novels is a strange character.

In Pop Culture

羊男 yángnán

Sheep Man

A recurring character in Haruki Murakami's novels (《寻羊冒险记》, 《舞·舞·舞》, 《海边的卡夫卡》). A man in a sheep costume who lives in the cracks between worlds — instantly recognizable to Murakami readers in Chinese translation.

Stroke Order

羊 yáng

男 nán