The Chinese word for girl is
女孩
nǚ hái
Chinese Definition
| girl | |
| 1. 名词. 女孩 | |
| Components | |
| 女 | |
| 1. Variant of 汝 | |
| 孩 | |
| 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) |
Translations for 孩 and their definitions
| 女孩兒 | |
| 1. girl |
| 女孩儿 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 女孩兒 |
| 女孩子 | |
| 1. n. girl | |
| 這 只是 聽說，但 他 顯然 已 離開 了 那 女孩子zi。 - It's just hearsay, but apparently he's left the girl. | |
| 2. n. daughter |
| 姑娘 | |
| 1. n. girl; maiden | |
| 2. n. (Mandarin, Gan, Jin, colloquial) daughter | |
| 3. n. (Jilu Mandarin, Zhongyuan Mandarin, Jianghuai Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, Gan, Huizhou, Shaowu Min, Wu) paternal aunt (father's sister) | |
| 4. n. (Jianghuai Mandarin, Yangjiang Cantonese, Wu) sister-in-law (husband's sister) | |
| 5. n. (Southwestern Mandarin) wife | |
| 6. n. (historical, obsolete) concubine | |
| 7. n. (chiefly Cantonese Min Nan Christianity) nun or unmarried female preacher (often as a title) | |
| 8. n. (Cantonese) female nurse, healthcare professional, social worker, etc. | |
| 9. n. (colloquial, dialectal) female prostitute | |
| 10. n. (Northern Thai Mandarin) woman | |
| 11. n. (zh-altname, 菇蔫, bladder cherry) |
| 女兒 | |
| 1. n. daughter | |
| 嫁 女兒 - to give a daughter in marriage; to try to marry off a daughter | |
| 您 女兒 芳齡 幾何？ - How old is your daughter? honorific | |
| 我 那 失散 多年 的 女兒 至今 還 無 著着zhuó落。 - The whereabouts of the daughter I lost years ago are still unknown. | |
| 2. n. (Wenzhounese) girl |
| 女儿 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 女兒 |
| 女 | |
| 1. Variant of 汝 |
| 女生 | |
| 1. n. schoolgirl; female student | |
| 2. n. (hence) young female; girl | |
| 一 位 手臂 受傷 的 女生 - a girl with an injured arm | |
| 3. n. (chiefly Taiwan) female; woman |
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nǚ hái
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