孩 (hái): (bound form) child
孩 (hái) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) child.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 子 (semantic) and 亥 (phonetic). It ranks #533 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 孩 child. Its radical form 子 (child) appears in many related characters such as 子 (zǐ, son), 字 (zì, letter), 学 (xué, to learn).
Definitions
- (bound form) child
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 孩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 孩子noun | hái zi | child | 1 |
| 小孩儿noun | xiǎo hái r | erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2] | 2 |
| 女孩儿noun | nǚ hái r | erhua form of 女孩[nu : 3 hai2] | 2 |
| 男孩儿noun | nán hái r | erhua form of 男孩[nan2 hai2] | 2 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女孩 | nǚ hái | girl |
| 男孩 | nán hái | boy |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child |
| 女孩子 | nǚ hái zi | girl |
| 孩儿 | hái r | child |
| 小孩子 | xiǎo hái zi | child |
| 男孩子 | nán hái zi | boy |
| 孩子气 | hái zi qì | boyish |
| 孩童 | hái tóng | child |
| 孩提 | hái tí | (literary) infant |
| 婴孩 | yīng hái | infant |
| 毛孩子 | máo hái zi | child |
| 狼孩 | láng hái | wolf child |
| 孩子们 | hái zi men | children |
| 生孩子 | shēng hái zi | to give birth to a baby |
孩 appears in 34 compound words: 21 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 59 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 孩 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
孩子们正在公园里玩耍，笑声不断传来。
Háizimen zhèngzài gōngyuán lǐ wánshuǎ, xiàoshēng bùduàn chuán lái.
The children are playing in the park, and laughter keeps coming.
福建女孩扶起骑车摔倒老人 遭索赔人民币22万缠讼...
fú jiàn nǚ hái fú qǐ qí chē shuāi dǎo lǎo rén zāo suǒ péi rén mín bì 2 2 wàn chán sòng . . .
Fujian girl helped up and fell on a bicycle and fell to the old man, and was sued for 220,000 yuan...
...佩琪酸“单身狗” 赖清德合体小英再晒毛小孩
. . . pèi 琪 suān dān shēn gǒu lài qīng dé gě tǐ xiǎo yīng zài shài máo xiǎo hái
... Peggy sour "single dog" Lai Qingde combined Xiaoying to dry the furry child again
...东今年HPV免疫规划疫苗已开打 13岁女孩可免费接种
. . . dōng jīn nián H P V miǎn yì guī huá yì miáo yǐ kāi dǎ 1 3 suì nǚ hái kě miǎn fèi jiē zhǒng
... This year's HPV immunization program vaccine has been launched, and 13-year-old girls can be vaccinated for free
河北男孩放寒假每天睡到中午12点,爸爸不许家人打...
hé běi nán hái fàng hán jiǎ měi tiān shuì dào zhōng wǔ 1 2 diǎn , bà bà bù xǔ jiā rén dǎ . . .
Hebei boy slept until 12 noon every day during the winter vacation, and his father did not allow his family to fight...
福建老太骑车摔倒,扶人女孩被定次责索赔22万,母亲..
fú jiàn lǎo tài qí chē shuāi dǎo , fú rén nǚ hái bèi dìng cì zé suǒ péi mò , mǔ qīn . .
Fujian old woman fell down on a bike, helping the girl was held responsible for 220,000, the mother...
要是我死了，谁来照顾我的孩子们？
Yàoshi wǒ sǐ le, shéi lái zhàogu wǒ de háizimen?
Were I to die, who would look after my children?
你想我们先结婚还是先生孩子？
Nǐ xiǎng wǒmen xiān jiéhūn háishi xiānsheng háizi?
Do you want to get married first or have a child first?
你是怎么认识那个好女孩的？
Nǐ shì zěnme rènshi nàge hǎo nǚhái de?
How did you come to know such a wonderful girl?
拜托不会有人想到孩子们吗?!
Bàituō bù huì yǒurén xiǎngdào háizimen ma?!
Won't somebody please think of the children?!
Character Family
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