女 nǚ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
女孩儿
nǚháir
girl
Characters in this word
孩 hái
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- Made of
- 子 son, child 亥 12th terrestrial branch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我的孩子是女孩儿。 Wǒ de háizi shì nǚháir. My child is a girl.
- 这个女孩儿是我妹妹。 Zhège nǚháir shì wǒ mèimei. This girl is my younger sister.
- 女孩儿在唱歌。 Nǚháir zài chànggē. The girl is singing.
- 那个女孩儿在学校。 Nàge nǚháir zài xuéxiào. That girl is at school.
- 小王和女孩儿是同学。 Xiǎo Wáng hé nǚháir shì tóngxué. Xiao Wang and the girl are classmates.
- 女孩儿不喜欢吃肉。 Nǚháir bù xǐhuan chī ròu. The girl doesn't like eating meat.
- 这两个女孩儿都爱唱歌。 Zhè liǎng ge nǚháir dōu ài chànggē. Both girls love to sing.
- 雨天女孩儿在家看书。 Yǔtiān nǚháir zài jiā kàn shū. The girl reads at home on a rainy day.
- 那个女孩儿会说汉语。 Nàge nǚháir huì shuō Hànyǔ. That girl can speak Chinese.
- 女孩儿的书包很新。 Nǚháir de shūbāo hěn xīn. The girl's schoolbag is very new.