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女孩子 (nǚ hái zǐ) — girl

Definition

noun
girl
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 女孩子。
    Nà ge nǚ hái zǐ hěn kě ài.
    That girl is very cute.
  • 女孩子。
    Tā shì yí gè cōng ming de nǚ hái zǐ.
    She is a smart girl.
  • 女孩子。
    Zhè ge nǚ hái zǐ xǐ huan chàng gē.
    This girl likes to sing.

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
子zǐ

女 (female) and 孩 (child) mean girl; 子 completes the common form 女孩子.

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.

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.

子 is drawn as a baby with a large head, arms stretched out, and legs wrapped in a blanket.

Open 子 →
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