把 bǎ to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) syn 宝贝 寶貝 bǎo bèi treasured object / treasure / darling / baby / cowry / good-for-nothing or queer character syn 小子 xiǎo zi (coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow syn 男孩 nán hái boy / CL:個|个[ge4] 婴儿 嬰兒 yīng ér infant / baby / CL:個|个[ge4] / lead (Pb) syn 宝宝 寶寶 bǎo bǎo darling / baby syn 男生 nán shēng schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male) 娃娃 wá wa baby / small child / doll syn 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn 男孩子 nán hái zi boy 好家伙 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man! syn 分娩 fēn miǎn to give birth to a baby / (of animals) to give birth to young syn 手推车 手推車 shǒu tuī chē trolley / cart / barrow / handcart / wheelbarrow / baby buggy syn 毛毛 máo mao (pet name for a baby or small child) syn 奶头 奶頭 nǎi tóu nipple / teat (on baby's bottle) syn 新生儿 新生兒 xīn shēng ér newborn baby / neonate syn 满月 滿月 mǎn yuè full moon / whole month / baby's one-month old birthday syn 婴儿车 嬰兒車 yīng ér chē baby carriage / pram / stroller 童子 tóng zǐ boy syn 卸货 卸貨 xiè huò to unload cargo / (fig.) to give birth to a baby 奶嘴 nǎi zuǐ nipple (on a baby's bottle) / pacifier 奶瓶 nǎi píng baby's feeding bottle 弃婴 棄嬰 qì yīng to abandon an infant / abandoned baby 乳牙 rǔ yá deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth 男儿 男兒 nán ér a (real) man / boy / son syn 男童 nán tóng boy / male child syn 牛郎 niú láng cowherd boy / (slang) male prostitute syn 通讯员 通訊員 tōng xùn yuán correspondent / reporter / messenger boy syn 爽身粉 shuǎng shēn fěn baby powder / talcum powder syn 女婴 女嬰 nǚ yīng female baby 早产儿 zǎo chǎn r pre-term baby / premature baby syn 男婴 男嬰 nán yīng male baby 黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) syn 牧童 mù tóng shepherd boy syn 试管婴儿 試管嬰兒 shì guǎn yīng ér test tube baby 催生 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence syn 西葫芦 西葫蘆 xī hú lu zucchini / courgette / baby marrow 婴幼儿 嬰幼兒 yīng yòu ér baby syn 赤子 chì zǐ newborn baby / the people (of a country) syn 马前卒 馬前卒 mǎ qián zú lackey / errand boy / lit. runner before a carriage syn 小弟弟 xiǎo dì di little brother / little boy / (coll.) penis 生孩子 shēng hái zi to give birth to a baby 小白脸 小白臉 xiǎo bái liǎn attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo 囡囡 nān nān little darling / baby syn 小不点 小不點 xiǎo bu diǎn tiny / very small / tiny thing / small child / baby 新丁 xīn dīng new addition to a family (i.e. a birth) / a boy who has just come of age / (in a job etc) newcomer / novice 球童 qiú tóng ball boy (tennis) / caddie (golf) 小皇帝 xiǎo huáng dì child emperor / (fig.) spoiled child / spoiled boy / pampered only child 娃娃脸 娃娃臉 wá wa liǎn baby face / doll face 娃子 wá zi baby / small child / (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities syn 幼齿 幼齒 yòu chǐ (Tw) naive and innocent (girl or boy) / underage prostitute (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [iù-khí]) 束发 束髮 shù fà to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair) 校草 xiào cǎo the most handsome boy in the school (see also 校花[xiao4 hua1]) 耳鬓厮磨 耳鬢廝磨 ěr bìn sī mó lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood syn 桃太郎 táo tài láng Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale / (Tw) Japanese person 娃 wá baby / doll syn 婴 嬰 yīng infant / baby syn 花童 huā tóng page boy / flower girl (at a wedding) 僮 tóng servant boy 秧 yāng sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) to raise / to cultivate (plants or animals) syn 娈童 孌童 luán tóng catamite (boy as homosexual partner) / kept man / gigolo 娃娃装 娃娃裝 wá wa zhuāng baby-doll dress 褓 bǎo cloth for carrying baby on back 襁 qiǎng cloth for carrying baby on back 裼 tì baby's quilt 满天星 滿天星 mǎn tiān xīng Baby's Breath / Gypsophila paniculata 围嘴 圍嘴 wéi zuǐ (baby) bib 乳齿 乳齒 rǔ chǐ deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth syn 仔鸡 仔雞 zǐ jī chick / baby chicken 门童 門童 mén tóng doorman / bell boy 半大小子 bàn dà xiǎo zǐ teenage boy / adolescent boy 小毛头 小毛頭 xiǎo máo tou (coll.) new-born baby / young boy 弄璋 nòng zhāng (literary) to have a baby boy / to celebrate the birth of a son 学步车 學步車 xué bù chē baby walker / baby walking frame 僮仆 僮僕 tóng pú boy servant 放羊娃 fàng yáng wá shepherd / shepherd boy 正太 zhèng tài young, cute boy / derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控[zheng4 tai4 kong4] 男孩乐队 男孩樂隊 nán hái yuè duì boy band (type of pop group) 童儿 童兒 tóng ér boy 聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family) 阿兵哥 ā bīng gē (coll.) soldier boy 世界童子军总部 世界童子軍總部 Boy Scouts World Bureau 哈利・波特 hā lì · bō tè Harry Potter, boy wizard in the novels by J.K. Rowling 羅琳|罗琳 奶油小生 nǎi yóu xiǎo shēng handsome but effeminate man / pretty boy 仆欧 僕歐 pú ōu (old) waiter (loanword from "boy") / attendant 妈宝 媽寶 mā bǎo mama's boy 小寿星 小壽星 xiǎo shòu xīng child whose birthday is being celebrated / birthday boy / birthday girl 班草 bān cǎo the most handsome boy in the class 男娃 nán wá (dialect) boy / guy 小白 xiǎo bái (slang) novice / greenhorn / (old) (slang) fool / idiot / abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸[xiao3 bai2 lian3], pretty boy 哈利·波特 hā lì · bō tè Harry Potter, boy wizard in the novels by J.K. Rowling 羅琳|罗琳 乖乖牌 guāi guāi pái good little boy (or girl) 酸儿辣女 酸兒辣女 suān ér là nǚ if a woman likes to eat sour during pregnancy, she will have a boy / if she likes to eat spicy, she will have a girl (idiom) 小哥哥 xiǎo gē ge little boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older 指腹为婚 指腹為婚 zhǐ fù wéi hūn to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom) 冠礼 冠禮 guàn lǐ the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man 朘 脧 zuī (literary) young boy’s penis 弃樱 棄櫻 qì yīng abandoned baby 繈 qiǎng cloth for carrying baby on back 