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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
head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
HSK 2
to produce; to manufacture / to give birth to a child
HSK 3
child
HSK 4
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
to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child
HSK 6
to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption
HSK 6
mother and child / parent and subsidiary (companies) / principal and interest
HSK 6
child
HSK 6
baby / small child / doll
HSK 6
to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哄* | 哄* | *哄
to deceive / to coax / to amuse (a child)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *惯* | 惯* | *惯
accustomed to / used to / indulge / to spoil (a child)
HSK 7-9
child / the younger generation
HSK 7-9
to adopt (a child, pet etc)
HSK 7-9
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
clever (child) / smart / lovable / cute
HSK 7-9
one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents)
HSK 7-9
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal)
HSK 7-9
unborn child / fetus / embryo
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乖* | 乖* | *乖
(of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal
HSK 7-9
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
child support payment (after a divorce)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *儿* | 儿* | *儿
child / son
child / CL: 個|个
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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-
young child / (humble) my son
young child / infant / preschooler
child prodigy
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *童* | 童* | *童
child
offspring / child's generation
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *怀* | 怀* | *怀
bosom / heart / mind / to think of / to harbor in one's mind / to conceive (a child)
little demon (term of endearment for a child) / mischievous child / imp
child victim of disaster or disease / afflicted child
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *囡* | 囡* | *囡
child / daughter
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *溺* | 溺* | *溺
to drown / to indulge / addicted to / to spoil (a child)
only (child); without siblings / to be the sole survivor
to act like a spoiled child / to throw a tantrum / to act coquettishly
to claim (as one's property) / to adopt (a child) / to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倪* | 倪* | *倪
(literary) small child / (literary) limit; bound; extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin; cause
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *囝* | 囝* | *囝
child
parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations
child
one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
(child's term) buttocks; bottom
to drag / to pull / to raise a child (through difficulties) / to help / to support / to drag in / to chat
to raise a child
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *崽* | 崽* | *崽
child / young animal
(of a child) well-behaved / obediently / (term of endearment for a child) darling / sweetie
wife and child
to give birth to a child or children
to become pregnant / to carry a child in the womb
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哇* | 哇* | *哇
Wow! / sound of a child's crying / sound of vomiting
child / childish
child star
to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas / to help a child with their study, reading or practicing together
second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *孺* | 孺* | *孺
child
(pet name for a baby or small child)
pet name for a child / childhood name
a son who is an only child
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *孥* | 孥* | *孥
child / offspring
young child
pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy
(of a child bride) to consummate marriage
to tease / to provoke / to play with (a child, animal etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啾* | 啾* | *啾
(onom.) wailing of child / chirp / kiss (Tw)
child's play / trifling matter
baby / small child / (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities
young child
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *娩* | 娩* | *娩
to give birth to a child
(dialect) child
to sponsor / to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support) / to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)
tiny / very small / tiny thing / small child / baby
woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呱* | 呱* | *呱
crying sound of child
child
child labor
to abandon (a child, elderly family member, pet etc) / (literary) (of one's parents) to pass away
(literary) child
bachelor (lit. fifth child of the Wangs)
wolf child / human child raised by wolves (in legends)
child of an official / palace bodyguard
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *孩* | 孩* | *孩
(bound form) child
splitcharactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *421* | 421* | *421
four grandparents, two parents and an only child
(derog.) illegitimate child / bastard
lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment
to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc) / to foster / to board out
only child / sole scion
to indulge (a child) / to pamper / to spoil
child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
to adopt (a child)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噼* | 噼* | *噼
child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
infant name; pet name for a child
no longer a child (idiom)
late childbirth / to have a child at a later age
(old) to instruct the young / to teach a child to read and write / as easy as ABC
(literary) infant / young child
posthumous child

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