Kilo Lingo

(nǚ hái) - girl in Mandarin

hái

Traditional: 女孩

Line drawing of 女孩
Coloured illustration of 女孩
HSK 3
#301 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

girl

Word origin

女孩 (nǚhái) 'girl' joins 女 'female' with 孩 'child'. 女 is a pictograph of a kneeling woman; 孩 is the child radical 子 plus phonetic 亥.

Origin
compound
Root
女 (female) + 孩 (child)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 女

Stroke order for 孩

Examples

That girl is very clever.

Girls like to dance.

She is a lovely girl.

The girls are singing.

女孩 (nǚ hái) - girl.

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This word is part of lesson 7.