Chinese

孩子

háizi
child (person who has not yet reached adulthood); children; kid (Classifier: 個／个)
  • HSK 1
  • TOCFL 2

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Origin

The character 孩 refers to a child, youngster, or baby. It is composed of the semantic component 子, meaning child or offspring, and the phonetic component 亥, meaning grass root.

The character 子 means child, offspring, or descendant. Together, 孩 and 子 form the word 孩子, which is used to denote a person who has not yet reached adulthood or one's own children and offspring.

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「孩子」[háizi] 是由「孩」與「子」兩個字組成的詞彙。根據《國語辭典》，這個詞可以指未成年的人，也可以指子女。

在字形結構上，「孩」字包含了意義成分「子」（意指小孩、後代）以及聲音成分「亥」。而「子」字本身即含有小孩、後代或子孫的意思。透過這兩個字的結合，構成指稱兒童或直系後代的詞彙。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese孩 “child; youngster; baby”
    • soundChinese亥 “grass root”
  • characterChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”
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