花童 (huā tóng) — flower girl or page boy (child attendant at a wedding)

Definition

花童 is the child attendant in a Western-style wedding — usually a girl ('flower girl') who scatters petals, or sometimes a young boy ('page boy') who carries the rings.

noun
flower girl or page boy (child attendant at a wedding)
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Examples

  • 花童
    Hūn lǐ shàng, liǎng gè huā tóng zǒu zài zuì qián miàn, sā zhe huā bàn.
    At the wedding, two flower girls walked at the very front, scattering petals.
  • 花童
    huā tóng Chuān zhuó bái sè xiǎo lǐ fú, yàng zi kě ài jí le.
    The flower girl wore a little white dress and looked extremely cute.
  • 花童
    Xīn láng de zhí zi dāng huā tóng, fù zé dì sòng jiè zhi.
    The groom's nephew served as a page boy, responsible for delivering the rings.

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