小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu child / kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 临终关怀 臨終關懷 lín zhōng guān huái end-of-life care / hospice care / palliative care 小皇帝 xiǎo huáng dì child emperor / (fig.) spoiled child / spoiled boy / pampered only child 日益 rì yì day by day / more and more / increasingly / more and more with each passing day syn 日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn 日渐 日漸 rì jiàn to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day / more (or better etc) with each passing day syn 光棍节 光棍節 guāng gùn jié Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day 江河日下 jiāng hé rì xià rivers pour away by the day (idiom) / going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day syn 黄金週 黃金週 Golden Week / refers to three 7-day holiday periods at New Year 春節|春节, Labor day 勞動節|劳动节, National day 國慶|国庆 / also written 黃金周|黄 节礼日 節禮日 jié lǐ rì Boxing Day, holiday on 26th December (the day after Christmas Day) in some countries 招呼 zhāo hu to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not syn 关怀 關懷 guān huái care / solicitude / to show care for / concerned about / attentive to syn 照护 照護 zhào hù care / treatment (e.g. nursing care) / to look after syn 管 guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards syn 纲举目张 綱舉目張 gāng jǔ mù zhāng if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom) / take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves / (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered 注意义务 注意義務 zhù yì yì wù duty of care / due care 产前护理 chǎn qián hù lǐ prenatal care / antenatal care 应有注意 應有註意 duty of care / due care 负责任的经营方桉 負責任的經營方案 Responsible Care programme / Responsible Care 月子中心 yuè zi zhōng xīn postpartum care center (a facility providing services such as professional care and nutritionally balanced meals for mothers during the traditional month of rest after giving birth) 收养 收養 shōu yǎng to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption syn 寄养 寄養 jì yǎng to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc) / to foster / to board out 月嫂 yuè sǎo woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth 阿拉伯妇女与儿童保健方桉 阿拉伯婦女與兒童保健方案 Arab Maternal and Child Health Care Programme 儿童保育委员会 Commission of Child Care 社区儿童保健中心 社區兒童保健中心 Community Child Care Unit 儿童保育联合会 兒童保育聯合會 Child Care Consortium 伊斯兰儿童权利和养育宣言 伊斯蘭兒童權利和養育宣言 Declaration on the Rights and Care of the Child in Islam 联合国托儿所 聯合國托儿所 lián hé guó tuō r suǒ United Nations Child-Care Centre 儿童保育设施 儿童保育設施 r tóng bǎo yù shè shī child-care facilities 儿童保育 兒童保育 well-child care 领走 領走 lǐng zǒu to lead (sb, or an animal) away / to collect (e.g. a child left in sb's care beforehand) / to take away 带娃 帶娃 dài wá to look after a baby / to take care of a young child 带孩子 帶孩子 dài hái zi to look after a baby / to take care of a young child 爱心 愛心 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥) syn 爱耳日 愛耳日 ài ěr rì Ear Care Day (March 3) 半托 bàn tuō day care 白托 bái tuō day care for the elderly (abbr. of 白天托管[bai2 tian1 tuo1 guan3]) / to be blinded by greed / swindler (homonym of 拜託|拜托[bai4 tuo1]) 托儿所工作人员 tuō r suǒ gōng zuò rén yuán day-care attendant 小鬼 xiǎo guǐ little demon (term of endearment for a child) / mischievous child / imp syn 亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations 亲生 親生 qīn shēng one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents) syn 患儿 患兒 huàn ér child victim of disaster or disease / afflicted child syn 私生子 sī shēng zǐ illegitimate child (male) / bastard / love child 认领 認領 rèn lǐng to claim (as one's property) / to adopt (a child) / to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own) syn 陪读 陪讀 péi dú to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas / to help a child with their study, reading or practicing together 望子成龙 望子成龍 wàng zǐ chéng lóng lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom) / fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment syn 畸形儿 畸形兒 jī xíng ér deformed child / child with birth defect syn 狼孩 láng hái wolf child / human child raised by wolves (in legends) 垂髫 chuí tiáo hair hanging down (child's hairstyle) / (fig.) young child / early childhood syn 人精 rén jīng sophisticate / man with extensive experience / child prodigy / Wunderkind (i.e. brilliant child) / spirit within a person (i.e. blood and essential breath 血氣|血气 of TCM) 残疾儿 殘疾兒 cán jí ér a child with a birth defect / a deformed child 私生子女 sī shēng zǐ nǚ illegitimate child / bastard / love child 管教无方 管教無方 guǎn jiào wú fāng unable to discipline a child / incapable of dealing with (unruly child) 儿童约束系统 child restraint system / child restraint 儿童色情旅游业 child sex tourism / child sexual tourism 儿童教儿童计划 child to child programme 国际获取子女抚养费特别委员会 國際獲取子女撫養費特別委員會 Special Commission on the International Recovery of Child Support and other Forms of Family Maintenance / Special Commission on the International Recovery of Child Support 爱幼城倡议 愛幼城倡議 ài yòu chéng chàng yì Child-Friendly Cities Initiative / Child-Friendly Community Initiative 爱幼社区倡议 愛幼社區倡議 ài yòu shè qū chàng yì Child-Friendly Cities Initiative / Child-Friendly Community Initiative 妇幼保健问题千年项目第4工作队 婦幼保健問題千年項目第4工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health / Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health 妇幼保健问题第4工作队 婦幼保健問題第4工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health / Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health 孕产妇、新生儿和儿童健康 孕產婦、新生兒和兒童健康 maternal, newborn and child health / maternal, neonatal, and child health 非政府组织今日女童问题论坛 非政府組織今日女童問題論壇 Non-Governmental Organizations Forum on the Female Child of Today / NGO Forum on the Female Child of Today 儿童保护和儿童权利分区域工作队 兒童保護和兒童權利分區域工作隊 Sub-Regional Task Force on Child Protection and Child Rights 三天不打，上房揭瓦 sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child 特殊儿童 特殊兒童 tè shū ér tóng child with special needs / gifted child 乖乖 guāi guāi (of a child) well-behaved / obediently / (term of endearment for a child) darling / sweetie syn 鸡娃 雞娃 jī wá chick / (neologism c. 2020) to arrange a daily regimen of activities for one's child / a child whose life is regimented this way 弃子 棄子 qì zǐ sacrificed piece (in chess or Go) / abandoned child / (fig.) sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc) / (in expressions such as 拋家棄子|抛家弃子[pao1jia1-qi4zi3]) to abandon one's child(ren) 世界无童工日 shì jiè wú tóng gōng rì World Day against Child Labour 儿童健康日 r tóng jiàn kāng rì Child Health Day 巴勒斯坦儿童节 Palestinian Child's Day 阿拉伯儿童节 阿拉伯兒童節 Arab Child Day 非洲儿童日 非洲兒童日 Day of the African Child 国际和阿拉伯儿童日 國際和阿拉伯兒童日 International and Arab Child Day 国际儿童日 國際兒童日 International Day of the Child 经常 經常 jīng cháng frequently / constantly / regularly / often / day-to-day / everyday / daily syn 那天 nà tiān that day / the other day 日常 rì cháng day-to-day / daily / everyday syn 白天 bái tiān daytime / during the day / day / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day syn 当日 當日 dàng rì that very day / the same day syn 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 纪念日 紀念日 jì niàn rì day of commemoration / memorial day syn 改天 gǎi tiān another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check syn 一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long / the whole day syn 整日 zhěng rì all day long / the whole day syn 成日 chéng rì all day long / the whole day / the whole time syn 连日 連日 lián rì day after day / for several days running syn 劳动节 勞動節 láo dòng jié International Labor Day (May Day) syn 艳阳天 艷陽天 yàn yáng tiān bright sunny day / blazing hot day 逐日 zhú rì day-by-day / daily / on a daily basis syn 佳期 jiā qī wedding day / day of tryst syn 吉日 jí rì propitious day / lucky day syn 青年节 青年節 qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off 改日 gǎi rì another day / some other day syn 