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HSK
child
HSK 1
child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
to produce; to manufacture / to give birth to a child
HSK 3
child
HSK 4
to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child
HSK 6
child
HSK 6
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  *421* | 421* | *421
four grandparents, two parents and an only child
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  *哄* | 哄* | *哄
to deceive / to coax / to amuse (a child)
HSK 7-9
head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
HSK 2
to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent
HSK 7-9
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  *儿* | 儿* | *儿
child / son
to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption
HSK 6
to have a child late in life (esp. said of a father)
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  *子* | 子* | *子
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
baby / small child / doll
HSK 6
clever (child) / smart / lovable / cute
HSK 7-9
maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乖* | 乖* | *乖
(of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal
HSK 7-9
(derog.) father who sexually abuses his own child
one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哇* | 哇* | *哇
Wow! / sound of a child's crying / sound of vomiting
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal)
HSK 7-9
wife and child
child support payment (after a divorce)
HSK 7-9
to adopt (a child, pet etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *怀* | 怀* | *怀
bosom / heart / mind / to think of / to harbor in one's mind / to conceive (a child)
mother and child / parent and subsidiary (companies) / principal and interest
HSK 6
Chucky, murderous villain of the 1988 US horror movie "Child's Play"
little girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) young lady (amiable form of address for a young woman of about one's own age or a little older)
second child / second baby
(idiom) still a child at heart; to retain a playful spirit
young child
infant name; pet name for a child
natural child
child
only child / sole scion
child emperor / (fig.) spoiled child / spoiled boy / pampered only child
to look after a baby; to take care of a young child
child of a Manchu bannerman family (nobility) / (fig.) privileged brat
young child / (humble) my son
to urge sb (typically, one's adult child or nephew etc) to get married
the one-child policy
infertile / unable to conceive a child / infertility
an only child
to drag / to pull / to raise a child (through difficulties) / to help / to support / to drag in / to chat
(of a child) well-behaved / obediently / (term of endearment for a child) darling / sweetie
child
how old are you? (familiar, or to a child)
nursing infant / child less than one year old
little boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older
child / the younger generation
HSK 7-9
practice of allowing only one child per family
(coll.) to raise (a child or animal) to adulthood; to bring up
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *惯* | 惯* | *惯
accustomed to / used to / indulge / to spoil (a child)
HSK 7-9
one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things
child soldiers / juvenile militia
parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations
to adopt (a child)
offspring / child's generation
a dad (father of a young child)
spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *孩* | 孩* | *孩
(bound form) child
unborn child / fetus / embryo
HSK 7-9
to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
HSK 7-9
lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease
a daughter who is an only child
pet name for a child / childhood name
custody (of a child etc)
(of a child bride) to consummate marriage
child's play / trifling matter
young child
to be expecting / to be with child
second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis
(dialect) child
bereaved of one's only child
to look after a baby; to take care of a young child
lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease
young child / infant / preschooler
to raise a child
child / CL: 個|个
pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy
old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang
HSK 7-9
to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc) / to foster / to board out
one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
(coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family / (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official)
to tease / to provoke / to play with (a child, animal etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *囝* | 囝* | *囝
child
tiny / very small / tiny thing / small child / baby
to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
child
only (child); without siblings / to be the sole survivor
deformed child / child with birth defect
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *童* | 童* | *童
child
child prodigy
to deliver (a newborn child)
child; kid / (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat)
(coll.) to take one's child out for a walk
to lead (sb, or an animal) away / to collect (e.g. a child left in sb's care beforehand) / to take away
child
to indulge (a child) / to pamper / to spoil

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