小子 xiǎo zi (coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow syn 男孩 nán hái boy / CL:個|个[ge4] 男生 nán shēng schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male) 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 铃声 鈴聲 líng shēng ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation 好家伙 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man! syn 贝尔 貝爾 bèi ěr Bell (person name) 铃铛 鈴鐺 líng dang little bell / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 警铃 警鈴 jǐng líng alarm bell 敲响 敲響 qiāo xiǎng to sound a bell / to raise the alarm syn 钟楼 鐘樓 zhōng lóu bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc syn 童子 tóng zǐ boy syn 小儿 小兒 xiǎo r (coll.) early childhood / baby boy syn 警钟 警鐘 jǐng zhōng alarm bell 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 喇叭裤 喇叭褲 lǎ ba kù flared trousers / bell-bottomed pants 金文 jīn wén inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription syn 黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) syn 掩耳盗铃 掩耳盜鈴 yǎn ěr dào líng lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) syn 牧童 mù tóng shepherd boy syn 电铃 電鈴 diàn líng electric bell 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 小白脸 小白臉 xiǎo bái liǎn attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo 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 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) 玻璃罩 bō li zhào glass cover / bell glass 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 敲钟 敲鐘 qiāo zhōng to sound a bell / (of a clock) to chime 桃太郎 táo tài láng Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale / (Tw) Japanese person 钟 鐘 zhōng a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]) / clock (CL:座[zuo4]) / amount of time / o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1dian3zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3fen1zhong1] "five minutes" etc) syn 铃 鈴 líng (small) bell / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 汞 銾 hòng sound of a bell 铎 鐸 duó large ancient bell syn 花童 huā tóng page boy / flower girl (at a wedding) 僮 tóng servant boy 暮鼓晨钟 暮鼓晨鐘 mù gǔ chén zhōng lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom) / fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence 晨钟暮鼓 晨鐘暮鼓 chén zhōng mù gǔ lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom) / fig. encouragement to study or progress 娈童 孌童 luán tóng catamite (boy as homosexual partner) / kept man / gigolo 铃鼓 鈴鼓 líng gǔ tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum 解铃还须系铃人 解鈴還須繫鈴人 jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it 做一天和尚撞一天钟 做一天和尚撞一天鐘 zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively syn 镛 鏞 yōng large bell 虡 jù bell pendant stand 车铃 車鈴 chē líng bicycle bell 柿子椒 shì zi jiāo bell pepper, aka sweet pepper syn 镈 鎛 bó ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell / hoe / spade 鐄 héng bell 釪 yú an alms bowl / a small bell 丁零当啷 丁零當啷 dīng ling dāng lāng ding-a-ling / (onom.) for sound of bell 鐬 huì of flourishing appearance / sound of a bicycle bell 半大小子 bàn dà xiǎo zǐ teenage boy / adolescent boy 鎤 huǎng sound of a bell / small bell 钟室 鐘室 zhōng shì bell chamber (at the top of a bell tower) 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 小毛头 小毛頭 xiǎo máo tou (coll.) new-born baby / young boy 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 弄璋 nòng zhāng (literary) to have a baby boy / to celebrate the birth of a son 朘 脧 zuī (literary) young boy’s penis 噹 dāng onomat. dong / ding dong bell 鉌 hé small bell 喤 huáng sobbing / sound of bell 韹 huáng music of bell and drum 贝尔实验室 貝爾實驗室 bèi ěr shí yàn shì Bell Labs 鎛 bó large bell / hoe, spade 做一天和尚，撞一天钟 做一天和尚，撞一天鐘 zuò yī tiān hé shang , zhuàng yī tiān zhōng as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively 城门失火，殃及池鱼 城門失火，殃及池魚 chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom) / the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee 安息香科 ān xī xiāng kē Styracaceae, tree family including silver-bell, snowdrop and benzoin 拖堂 tuō táng to drag out a lesson / to insist on extending class after the bell 终场锣声 終場鑼聲 zhōng chǎng luó shēng the final bell (esp. in sports competition) 转铃 轉鈴 zhuàn líng bicycle bell (with a rotating internal mechanism) 