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孩

hái

HSK 2 Character

What 孩 means

1. bound formchild

Example sentences

• 她爱孩子。
  She loves children.
• 小孩哭了。
  The child cried.
• 女孩们睡着了
  Nǚhái men shuìzháo le
  The girls were asleep.
• 谁照顾孩子？
  Who looks after the children?
• 她照顾孩子。
  She took care of the children.
• 他没有孩子。
  He has no children.

Words starting with 孩

• 孩子hái zichild
• 孩儿hái rchild
• 孩童hái tóngchild
• 孩子气hái zi qìboyish; childish; childishness
• 孩提hái tí(literary) infant; young child
• 孩子们hái zi menchildren
• 孩奴hái nú"a slave to one's children", hard-working parents who would do everything to ensure their…

Words containing 孩

• 女孩nǚ háigirl; lass
• 小孩xiǎo háichild
• 女孩子nǚ hái zigirl
• 男孩nán háiboy
• 小孩子xiǎo hái zichild
• 男孩子nán hái ziboy
• 婴孩yīng háiinfant
• 女孩儿nǚ hái rerhua form of 女孩
• 小孩哥xiǎo hái gē(slang) young boy who displays skills, maturity, or coolness beyond his age
• 带孩子dài hái zito look after a baby; to take care of a young child
• 生孩子shēng hái zito give birth to a baby
• 男孩儿nán hái rerhua form of 男孩
• 男孩乐队nán hái yuè duìboy band (type of pop group)
• 毛孩子máo hái zichild; kid; (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat)
• 小孩姐xiǎo hái jiě(slang) young girl who displays skills, maturity, or coolness beyond her age
• 野孩子yě hái zǐferal child
• 小屁孩xiǎo pì háikid; youngster; (derog.) brat
• 泥孩ní háiclay doll
• 熊孩子xióng hái zi(dialect) little devil; brat
• 狼孩láng háiwolf child; human child raised by wolves (in legends)
• 猴孩子hóu hái zilittle devil
• 小孩堤防Xiǎo hái Dī fángKinderdijk, village in the Netherlands with a large network of windmills attracting many…
• 会哭的孩子有奶吃huì kū de hái zi yǒu nǎi chīlit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom)…
• 会哭的孩子有糖吃huì kū de hái zi yǒu táng chīlit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom); fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease

Characters built on 亥

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

• 该gāishould; ought to; probably
• 骸háibones of the body
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 氦hàihelium (chemistry)
• 赅gāicomplete; full
• 陔gāistep; terrace
• 垓gāiboundary
• 胲hǎihydroxylamine (chemistry)

Characters that look like 孩

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

• 损sǔn(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage…
• 弱ruòweak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as
• 兹zī(literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
• 翁wēngelderly man; father; father-in-law
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 哉zāi(exclamatory or interrogative particle)

Sounds the same

Read hái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 还still; still in progress; still more
• 骸bones of the body