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娃

wá

HSK 6 Character

What 娃 means

1. baby
2. doll

Example sentences

• 蛇诱惑了夏娃。
  Shé yòuhuò le Xiàwá.
  The serpent tempted Eve.
• 这娃儿真可爱！
  Zhè wá'ér zhēn kě'ài!
  This baby is really cute!
• 克拉娃嫉妒柳霞。
  Kèlāwá jídù Liǔxiá.
  Klava envied Lyusya.
• 女孩凝视着洋娃娃。
  Nǚhái níngshì zhe yángwáwa.
  The girl was gazing at the doll.
• 我收集各国的娃娃。
  I collect dolls from different countries.
• 我寄给她一个娃娃。
  I sent her a doll.

Words starting with 娃

• 娃娃wá wababy; small child; doll
• 娃儿wá érchildren (colloquial)
• 娃子wá zibaby; small child; (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities
• 娃娃脸wá wa liǎnbaby face; doll face
• 娃娃兵wá wa bīngchild soldier
• 娃娃生wá wa shēnginfant's part in opera, usually played by child actor
• 娃娃菜wá wa càibaby Chinese cabbage (mini-sized variety)
• 娃娃装wá wa zhuāngbaby-doll dress
• 娃娃亲wá wa qīnarranged betrothal of minors
• 娃娃车wá wa chēkindergarten bus; baby carriage; stroller
• 娃娃音wá wa yīnchildlike voice; babyish voice
• 娃娃鱼wá wa yúChinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus)

Words containing 娃

• 夏娃Xià wáEve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible)…
• 洋娃娃yáng wá wadoll (of Western appearance)
• 女娃nǚ wá(dialect) girl
• 厄娃È wáEve, the first woman (transcription used in Catholic versions of the Bible)…
• 套娃tào wáRussian doll (matryoshka doll) or similar nested doll
• 小娃xiǎo wáchild
• 带娃dài wáto look after a baby; to take care of a young child
• 淫娃yín wádissolute girl; slut
• 男娃nán wá(dialect) boy; guy
• 福娃Fú wáFuwa (official 2008 Olympic mascots)
• 鸡娃jī wá(neologism, c. 2020) to arrange an intensive schedule of activities for one's child to…
• 吉娃娃jí wá waChihuahua (dog)
• 外来娃wài lái wáchildren born to parents from rural areas who have migrated to urban areas
• 夹娃娃jiā wá wa(colloquial) to induce an abortion (Tw)
• 小娃娃xiǎo wá wababy
• 布娃娃bù wá warag doll
• 放羊娃fàng yáng wáshepherd; shepherd boy
• 李娃传Lǐ Wá ZhuànTale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行简
• 瓜娃子guā wá zi(dialect) fool; a silly
• 瓷娃娃cí wá waporcelain doll; (fig.) person with osteogenesis imperfecta
• 夹娃娃机jiā wá wa jīclaw machine
• 抓娃娃机zhuā wá wa jīclaw machine
• 莎拉波娃Shā lā bō wáSharapova (Russian female tennis star)
• 克里斯蒂娃Kè lǐ sī dì wáJulia Kristeva (1941-), Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst, philosopher and literary critic

Characters built on 圭

These share the phonetic component 圭 (guī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 哇wāWow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting
• 蛙wāfrog
• 洼wādepression; low-lying area; low-lying; sunken
• 厓yáold form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)

Characters that look like 娃

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 姐jiěolder sister
• 姓xìngfamily name; surname; to be surnamed ...
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 舱cāngcabin; the hold of a ship or airplane
• 娅yà(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters…
• 姥lǎograndma (maternal)