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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

• 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

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler