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童

tóng

HSK 4 Character

What 童 means

1. child

Other readings

童 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Tóngsurname Tong

Example sentences

• 汤姆童心未冺。
  Tāngmǔ tóngxīn wèi mǐn.
  Tom maintained his innocence.
• 儿童免费入场。
  Admission is free for children.
• 汤姆童心未泯。
  Tom maintained his innocence.
• 他们是儿童吗？
  Are these children?
• 她善于处理儿童。
  Tā shànyú chǔlǐ értóng.
  She's good at handling children.
• 她喜欢童话故事。
  Tā xǐhuan tónghuà gùshì.
  She likes fairy tales.

Words starting with 童

• 童话tóng huàchildren's fairy tales
• 童年tóng niánchildhood
• 童子tóng zǐ(literary) boy
• 童心tóng xīnchildish heart; childish innocence
• 童谣tóng yáonursery rhyme
• 童装tóng zhuāngchildren's clothing
• 童工tóng gōngchild labor
• 童生tóng shēngcandidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam
• 童趣tóng qùqualities that delight children…
• 童真tóng zhēnchildishness; naivete
• 童稚tóng zhìchild; childish
• 童儿tóng érboy
• 童女tóng nǚvirgin female
• 童身tóng shēnundefiled body; virginity; virgin
• 童便tóng biànurine of boys under 12, used as medicine (TCM)
• 童军Tóng jūnScout (youth organization); see also 童子军
• 童子军tóng zǐ jūnchild soldiers; juvenile militia
• 童星tóng xīngchild star
• 童模tóng móchild model
• 童男tóng nánvirgin male
• 童花头tóng huā tóushort bobbed hairstyle
• 童床tóng chuángcrib; children's bed
• 童婚tóng hūnchild marriage
• 童玩tóng wán(Taiwan) traditional handcrafted toy (e.g. spinning top 陀螺

Words containing 童

• 儿童ér tóngchild
• 孩童hái tóngchild
• 神童shén tóngchild prodigy
• 女童nǚ tónglittle girl
• 顽童wán tóngurchin
• 儿童节Ér tóng jiéChildren's Day
• 牧童mù tóngshepherd boy
• 幼童yòu tóngyoung child
• 学童xué tóngschoolchild
• 男童nán tóngboy; male child
• 报童bào tóngpaperboy
• 家童jiā tóngservant
• 文童wén tónga person studying for the imperial examinations
• 球童qiú tóngball boy (tennis); caddie (golf)
• 门童mén tóngdoorman; bell boy
• 流动儿童liú dòng ér tóngchildren of migrant workers
• 儿童基金会Ér tóng Jī jīn huìUNICEF (United Nations Children's fund)
• 儿童权利公约ér tóng quán lì gōng yuēConvention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
• 国际儿童节Guó jì Ér tóng jiéInternational Children's Day (June 1)
• 格林童话Gé lín Tóng huàGrimm's Fairy Tales
• 花童huā tóngpage boy; flower girl (at a wedding)
• 儿童乐园ér tóng lè yuánchildren's play area
• 留守儿童liú shǒu ér tóng"left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant…
• 返老还童fǎn lǎo huán tóngto recover one's youthful vigor; to feel rejuvenated (idiom)

Characters that look like 童

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

• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount
• 董dǒngto supervise; to direct; director
• 竟jìngunexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to
• 裔yì(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔; (literary) distant lands
• 龛kān(bound form) niche; shrine

Sounds the same

Read tóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 同like; same; similar
• 铜copper (chemistry); see also 红铜
• 彤red
• 桐tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
• 瞳pupil of the eye
• 洞used in 洪洞
• 酮ketone
• 僮servant boy
• 潼high; name of a pass
• 峒name of a mountain
• 硐grind
• 侗ignorant