(nán hái) - boy in Mandarin
nánháiTraditional: 男孩
HSK 2
#737 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
boy
Word origin
男孩 (nánhái) 'boy' joins 男 'male' with 孩 'child'. 男 is an ideograph of 田 'field' over 力 'strength', the one who labours in the fields; 孩 is the child radical 子 plus phonetic 亥.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 男 (male: 田 field + 力 strength) + 孩 (child)
Stroke order
男
孩
Examples
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That boy is cute.
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She has two boys.
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The boys are playing football.
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That boy is kicking a ball.
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I have two boys.
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