(nǚ hái) - girl in Mandarin
nǚháiTraditional: 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
女
孩
Examples
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That girl is very clever.
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Girls like to dance.
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She is a lovely girl.
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The girls are singing.
女孩 (nǚ hái) - girl.
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