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孩子

hái zi

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word

孩子 (hái zi) means "child". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 孩子 means

1. child

The characters in 孩子

• 孩hái(bound form) child
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 她爱孩子。
  She loves children.
• 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.
• 我没有孩子。
  I don't have any children.
• 他照顾孩子。
  He looked after the baby.

Words starting with 孩子

• 孩子气hái zi qìboyish; childish; childishness
• 孩子们hái zi menchildren

Words containing 孩子

• 女孩子nǚ hái zigirl
• 小孩子xiǎo hái zichild
• 男孩子nán hái ziboy
• 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
• 毛孩子máo hái zichild; kid; (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat)
• 野孩子yě hái zǐferal child
• 熊孩子xióng hái zi(dialect) little devil; brat
• 猴孩子hóu hái zilittle devil
• 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
• 舍不得孩子套不住狼shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù lángone who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb)…
• 老婆孩子热炕头lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng touwife, kids and a warm bed (idiom); the simple and good life

Where 孩子 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Family Members (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hái zi correctly.
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