Chinese Word of the Day

男孩
nán hái

boy

Definitions

Chinese > English
男孩	nánhái
1. n. boy
2. n. son
English > Chinese
boy
1. 名词. 男孩
Components
男	nán
1. man; (only of human in Standard Chinese) male
男人 - man
男孩 - boy
2. son
長zhǎng男 - eldest son
3. baron, lowest of the five ranks of Chinese aristocracy (Zhou dynasty
孩	hái
1. child; youngster; baby
男孩兒r - boy
2. (literary) young and small; childish
3. (literary) to have tender affection for
4. (literary) to regard as a child
5. (obsolete) Alternative form of 咳 (hái, t=(of baby) to giggle; to laugh)
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