孩
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(bound form) child
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How 孩 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
子 (semantic, “child”) + 亥 (phonetic, hài)
How to remember it
tot · Heisig RSH #1196
子 child + acorn
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 亥
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 亥 (hài) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亥 sound component | hài | 12th terrestrial branch; used in transliterations |
| 核 | hé | core, kernel; nut, seed; atom |
| 刻 | kè | to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment |
| 该 | gāi | should, ought to, must |
| 骇 | hài | to terrify, to shock, to frighten |
| 咳 | hāi | to cough |
| 骸 | hái | skeleton, body; leg bone |
| 颏 | kē | chin |
| 赅 | gāi | to include; to prepare for |
| 劾 | hé | to look into; to impeach, to charge |
| 氦 | hài | helium |
| 垓 | gāi | border, boundary, frontier |
| 阂 | hé | separated, blocked; to prevent, to block |
| 胲 | hǎi | hydroxylamine |
| 陔 | gāi | ledge, step, terrace; slope |
Words containing 孩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舍不得孩子套不住狼 | shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng | one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb); (fig.) one … |
| 会哭的孩子有糖吃 | huì kū de hái zi yǒu táng chī | lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom); fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease |
| 生孩子 | shēng hái zi | to give birth to a baby |
| 小孩子 | xiǎo hái zi | child |
| 会哭的孩子有奶吃 | huì kū de hái zi yǒu nǎi chī | lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom); fig. the squeaky wheel gets the… |
| 孩子气 | hái zi qì | boyish; childish; childishness |
| 小孩儿 | xiǎo hái r | erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2] |
| 女孩子 | nǚ hái zi | girl |
| 女孩儿 | nǚ hái r | erhua form of 女孩[nu : 3 hai2] |
| 带孩子 | dài hái zi | to look after a baby; to take care of a young child |
| 毛孩子 | máo hái zi | child; kid; (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat) |
| 男孩乐队 | nán hái yuè duì | boy band (type of pop group) |
| 野孩子 | yě hái zǐ | feral child |
| 男孩子 | nán hái zi | boy |
| 男孩儿 | nán hái r | erhua form of 男孩[nan2 hai2] |
| 小孩哥 | xiǎo hái gē | (slang) young boy who displays skills, maturity, or coolness beyond his age |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 孩儿 | hái r | child |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 老婆孩子热炕头 | lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou | wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom); the simple and good life |