女孩子
nǚháiziTraditional: 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
女
孩
子
Examples
。
That girl is very lovely.
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A girl can do this job too.
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She is still a little girl.
群。
This group of girls is playing in the park.
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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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