关于“男士”一词学界有过很多相关的研究和争论:首先从来源上,刘叔新先生认为“男士”是由“女士”换素而来,曾宪琪(1997)提出“为了与‘女士’相对应”创造出了“男士”的说法。其次结构上,曾宪琪认为“男”和“士”组合意义上重复,“男士”一词的出现属画蛇添足,应该取消,这一看法显然是错误,同年汪旸在同一期刊上提出疑议,认为语素“士”的意义发生了虚化,“接近词尾”。此外在用法上,张言军(2004)用对比的方法对“男士”和“先生” There are a lot of related researches and debates about the word “men”: First, from the source, Mr. Liu Shuxin thinks that “man ” is replaced by “woman ”, and Zeng Xianqi (1997) In order to “lady” corresponds to “created a ” men “argument. Secondly, on the structure, Zeng Xianqi thinks that the combination of ”man “ and ”man “ is repetitive and the appearance of ”man “ is superfluous and should be canceled. This view is obviously wrong. In the same year, On the proposed suspicion, that the morpheme ”disabilities “ meaning deflated, ”close to the end “. In addition, in terms of usage, Zhang Yanjun (2004) uses a comparative method to analyze the ”man“ and ”sir"