女孩子

háizi

Traditional: 女孩子

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Translation

girl, young woman

Word origin

A compound of 女 (nǚ, female, a pictograph of a kneeling woman), 孩 (hái, child) and the noun suffix 子 (zi), together naming a female child or young woman.

Origin
compound
Root
女 (nǚ, female) + 孩 (hái, child) + 子 (zi, suffix)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 女

Stroke order for 孩

Stroke order for 子

Examples

That girl is very lovely.

A girl can do this job too.

She is still a little girl.

qún

This group of girls is playing in the park.

The girls all started laughing.

女孩子 (nǚ hái zi) means a girl or young woman. It is slightly more colloquial and affectionate than the plain 女孩 and is very common in everyday speech.

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This word is part of lesson 39.