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孩 hái child in Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 子 zĭ “son”. Phonetic is 亥 hài , which is the last of the twelve earthly branches. Distinguish 孩 from 刻kè and 该 (該) gāi.

Examples

Words

• 孩子 háizi child [N]
• 男孩子 nánháizi boy [N]
• 女孩子 nǚháizi girl [N]
• 男孩儿 (男孩兒) nánháir boy [N]
• 女孩儿 (女孩兒) nǚháir girl [N]
• 小孩 xiăohái child [N]
• 小孩儿 (小孩兒) xiăoháir child [N]
• 小孩子 xiăo háizi small child [PH]
• 坏孩子 (壞孩子) huài háizi bad child

Sentences

• 说到这里，她看起来很惊讶，似乎不相信这个孩子能做到这些。

She looked surprised as if she did not expect this from a little girl.

• 其中之一是他告诉他的孩们'来跟你妈妈说再见'，因为他要杀死她。

One of them was [that] he told his children to 'come tell your mama goodbye, ' because he was going to kill her.

• 星孩照了照盾牌，噢看哪！他的脸已经恢复了从前的样子，他又恢复了从前的美貌，并且他在他的眼睛里看到了一些以前没有看见的东西。

And the Star-Child looked, and lo! his face was even as it had been, and his comeliness had come back to him, and he saw that in his eyes which he had not seen there before.

• 她开始给孩子唱歌，孩子则报以微笑。

She started singing to the baby and was rewarded with a smile.

• 一些孩子比其他孩子好斗得多。

Some children are much more aggressive than others.

Stroke Order

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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