Child in Chinese
child · HSK 1
孩子
- 孩 child
- 子 son
Counted with 个: 一个孩子
公园里有很多孩子在玩。 There are lots of kids playing in the park.
Other ways to say child
More words with 孩 or 子
How do you say child in Chinese?
Child in Chinese is 孩子 (hái zi). You can also say 小朋友 (xiǎo péng you), 小孩 (xiǎo hái), 小孩儿 (xiǎo hái r), 子 (zǐ).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.