小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小孩儿
xiǎoháir
child
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
- 他们的小孩儿也是学生。 Tāmen de xiǎoháir yě shì xuésheng. Their kid is a student too.
- 我有两个小孩儿。 Wǒ yǒu liǎng ge xiǎoháir. I have two children.
- 小孩儿在哪儿玩？ Xiǎoháir zài nǎr wán? Where are the children playing?
- 小孩儿在家吗？ Xiǎoháir zài jiā ma? Is the child at home?
- 小孩儿不爱喝茶。 Xiǎoháir bú ài hē chá. The child doesn't like drinking tea.
- 那个小孩儿几岁？ Nàge xiǎoháir jǐ suì? How old is that child?
- 小孩儿在看电视。 Xiǎoháir zài kàn diànshì. The child is watching TV.
- 请给小孩儿水。 Qǐng gěi xiǎoháir shuǐ. Please give the child some water.
- 小孩儿想吃面包。 Xiǎoháir xiǎng chī miànbāo. The child wants to eat bread.
- 小孩儿别跑。 Xiǎoháir bié pǎo. Don't run, little one.
Related words
- 小 xiǎo small, little
- 小姐 xiǎojiě miss, young lady
- 小朋友 xiǎopéngyǒu child, kid
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 小学 xiǎoxué primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 从小 cóngxiǎo from childhood
- 大小 dàxiǎo size
- 小 xiǎo little (affectionate prefix)
- 小声 xiǎoshēng in a low voice; quietly
- 小时候 xiǎoshíhou in childhood; when young
- 小说 xiǎoshuō novel