女孩儿 (nǚ hái r) — girl | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Casual spoken form of 女孩 (girl), with the erhua 儿 sound. For the male counterpart see 男孩儿; 小孩儿 covers children of any gender.

noun

girl

Measure word · 个

Examples

女孩儿。
Nà ge nǚ hái r shì wǒ de mèi mei.
That girl is my younger sister.
女孩儿。
nǚ hái r Hé mā ma yì qǐ qù chāo shì.
The girl goes to the supermarket with her mom.
女孩儿。
Zhè ge nǚ hái r jīn nián wǔ suì.
This girl is five years old this year.

Origin

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

女孩girl

女nǚfemale孩háichild

偏正Modifier + head

儿érerhua

女孩 gives girl, and 儿 makes the familiar spoken form.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

女 shows a woman with folded arms, kneeling or standing. In the modern form the figure faces right, and the small enclosed part is what is left of one arm.

Open 女 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

子亥孩

Meaning part形符xíngfú

子子zǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

亥

亥hài孩hái

Same sound today

In 孩, the left part 子 shows a child, while the right part 亥 supplies the sound.

Open 孩 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.