小子 xiǎo zi (coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow syn 男孩 nán hái boy / CL:個|个[ge4] 生日 shēng rì birthday / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 圣诞 聖誕 shèng dàn Christmas / birthday of reigning Emperor / Confucius' birthday 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 好家伙 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man! syn 满月 滿月 mǎn yuè full moon / whole month / baby's one-month old birthday syn 寿星 壽星 shòu xīng god of longevity / elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated syn 童子 tóng zǐ boy syn 小儿 小兒 xiǎo r (coll.) early childhood / baby boy syn 庆生 慶生 qìng shēng to celebrate a birthday 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 千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific) 周岁 週歲 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) 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 教师节 教師節 jiào shī jié Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan) 生辰 shēng chén birthday syn 祝寿 祝壽 zhù shòu to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person) syn 诞辰 誕辰 dàn chén birthday syn 马前卒 馬前卒 mǎ qián zú lackey / errand boy / lit. runner before a carriage syn 生日快乐 生日快樂 shēng rì kuài lè Happy birthday 过生日 過生日 guò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday syn 小弟弟 xiǎo dì di little brother / little boy / (coll.) penis 一丝不挂 一絲不掛 yī sī bù guà not wearing one thread (idiom) / absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit syn 生日蛋糕 shēng rì dàn gāo birthday cake 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 华诞 華誕 huá dàn (formal) birthday / anniversary of the founding of an organization syn 幼齿 幼齒 yòu chǐ (Tw) naive and innocent (girl or boy) / underage prostitute (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [iù-khí]) 寿辰 壽辰 shòu chén birthday (of an old person) syn 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]) 拜寿 拜壽 bài shòu congratulate an elderly person on his birthday / offer birthday felicitations syn 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 寿桃 壽桃 shòu táo (myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu / fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift 虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4] 桃太郎 táo tài láng Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale / (Tw) Japanese person 祝 zhù to pray for / to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc) / person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies syn 寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn 诞 誕 dàn birth / birthday / brag / boast / to increase 生日卡 shēng rì kǎ birthday card 做生日 zuò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday syn 花童 huā tóng page boy / flower girl (at a wedding) 僮 tóng servant boy 寿礼 壽禮 shòu lǐ birthday present (for an old person) 娈童 孌童 luán tóng catamite (boy as homosexual partner) / kept man / gigolo 做寿 做壽 zuò shòu to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person) syn 抓周 zhuā zhōu custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.) 寿面 壽麵 shòu miàn birthday noodles (for longevity) 寿堂 壽堂 shòu táng mourning hall / a hall for a birthday celebration 门童 門童 mén tóng doorman / bell boy 花朝月夕 huā zhāo yuè xī a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August syn 大寿 大壽 dà shòu (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday) syn 半大小子 bàn dà xiǎo zǐ teenage boy / adolescent boy 晬 zuì 1st birthday of a child 佛诞日 佛誕日 fó dàn rì Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month) 及笄 jí jī to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday) 周晬 zhōu zuì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) / same as 週歲|周岁[zhou1 sui4] 喜寿 喜壽 xǐ shòu 77th birthday (honorific, archaic or Japanese term) 寿桃包 壽桃包 shòu táo bāo longevity peach bun / birthday peach bun 寿筵 壽筵 shòu yán birthday banquet 旬岁 旬歲 xún suì full year / first birthday 生日贺卡 生日賀卡 shēng rì hè kǎ birthday card 花朝节 花朝節 huā zhāo jié Birthday of the Flowers, spring festival on lunar 12th or 15th February 萨噶达娃节 薩噶達娃節 sà gá dá wá jié Tibetan festival on 15th April marking Sakyamuni's birthday 下次生日年龄 下次生日年齡 xià cì shēng rì nián líng age at next birthday 上次生日年龄 上次生日年齡 shàng cì shēng rì nián líng age at last birthday 母难日 母難日 mǔ nàn rì (old) birthday 寿糕 壽糕 shòu gāo birthday cake 毛诞节 毛誕節 máo dàn jié Mao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th 过生 過生 guò shēng to celebrate a birthday 冥寿 冥壽 míng shòu birthday of a deceased person 冥诞 冥誕 míng dàn (formal) posthumous birthday 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 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) 