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孩
hái
1. child
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

孩
hái
baby, child; children
HSK 2 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

女孩
nǚhái
girl
婴孩
yīnghái
infant
孩儿
háiér
child
孩奴
háinú
"a slave to one's children", hard-working parents who would do everything to ensure their children's well-being, in disregard of their own needs
孩子
háizi
child
HSK 2
孩提
háití
(literary) infant
孩童
háitóng
child
小孩
xiǎohái
child
泥孩
níhái
clay doll
狼孩
lánghái
wolf child
男孩
nánhái
boy
女孩儿
nǚháir
erhua variant of [[女孩<nǚhái>]]
女孩子
nǚháizi
girl
孩子们
háizimen
children
孩子气
háiziqì
boyish
小孩儿
xiǎoháir
erhua variant of [[小孩<xiǎohái>]]
小孩子
xiǎoháizi
child
小屁孩
xiǎopìhái
wimpy kid
毛孩子
máoháizi
(coll.) infant
熊孩子
xióngháizi
(dialect) little devil

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
532
Word Frequency Rank
4,620 of 84,292

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