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 亲生 親生 qīn shēng one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents) syn 小鬼 xiǎo guǐ little demon (term of endearment for a child) / mischievous child / imp 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 卖身 賣身 mài shēn to prostitute oneself / to sell oneself into slavery syn 奴隶制 奴隸制 nú lì zhì slavery 患儿 患兒 huàn ér child victim of disaster or disease / afflicted child syn 畸形儿 畸形兒 jī xíng ér deformed child / child with birth defect syn 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 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 亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations 小皇帝 xiǎo huáng dì child emperor / (fig.) spoiled child / spoiled boy / pampered only child 慰安妇 慰安婦 wèi ān fù comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 "ianfu") 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 孩子 hái zi child syn 儿 兒 ér child / son syn 子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn 小孩 xiǎo hái child / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 儿童 兒童 ér tóng child syn 娃娃 wá wa baby / small child / doll syn 阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 孩儿 孩兒 hái ér child syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child syn 收养 收養 shōu yǎng to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption syn 生产 生產 shēng chǎn to produce / to manufacture / to give birth to a child syn 领养 領養 lǐng yǎng to adopt (a child, pet etc) syn 童子军 童子軍 tóng zǐ jūn child soldiers / juvenile militia 老二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis syn 监护权 監護權 jiān hù quán custody (of a child) 胎儿 胎兒 tāi ér unborn child / fetus / embryo syn 孤儿院 孤兒院 gū ér yuàn orphanage / child asylum 入学 入學 rù xué to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child 宠坏 寵壞 chǒng huài to spoil (a child etc) syn 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent syn 接生 jiē shēng to deliver (a newborn child) syn 赡养费 贍養費 shàn yǎng fèi alimony / child support / maintenance allowance 毛毛 máo mao (pet name for a baby or small child) syn 寄养 寄養 jì yǎng to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc) / to foster / to board out 喂养 餵養 wèi yǎng to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal) syn 孩童 hái tóng child syn 小儿科 小兒科 xiǎo ér kē pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy syn 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child / parent and subsidiary (companies) / principal and interest 儿戏 兒戲 ér xì child's play / trifling matter 幼童 yòu tóng young child syn 低能儿 低能兒 dī néng ér retarded child / moron / idiot syn 拉扯 lā che to drag / to pull / to raise a child (through difficulties) / to help / to support / to drag in / to chat syn 孩提 hái tí (literary) infant / young child syn 神童 shén tóng child prodigy 独生子 獨生子 dú shēng zǐ a son who is an only child syn 独生女 獨生女 dú shēng nǚ a daughter who is an only child syn 子弟 zǐ dì child / the younger generation syn 不孕 bù yùn infertile / unable to conceive a child / infertility syn 独子 獨子 dú zǐ a son who is an only child syn 野种 野種 yě zhǒng (derog.) illegitimate child / bastard 抚养费 撫養費 fǔ yǎng fèi child support payment (after a divorce) 幼儿 幼兒 yòu ér young child / infant / preschooler syn 男童 nán tóng boy / male child syn 少儿 少兒 shào ér child syn 童星 tóng xīng child star 童工 tóng gōng child labor 怀胎 懷胎 huái tāi to become pregnant / to carry a child in the womb syn 乖巧 guāi qiǎo clever (child) / smart / lovable / cute syn 周岁 週歲 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) 撒娇 撒嬌 sā jiāo to act like a spoiled child / to throw a tantrum / to act coquettishly syn 生子 shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 有喜 yǒu xǐ to be expecting / to be with child syn 养生 養生 yǎng shēng to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc) syn 逗弄 dòu nòng to tease / to provoke / to play with (a child, animal etc) syn 独生子女 獨生子女 dú shēng zǐ nǚ an only child syn 孺子 rú zǐ (literary) child syn 娇纵 嬌縱 jiāo zòng to indulge (a child) / to pamper / to spoil syn 育儿 育兒 yù ér to raise a child 稚子 zhì zǐ young child syn 乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child syn 童养媳 童養媳 tóng yǎng xí child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law 小儿 小兒 xiǎo ér young child / (humble) my son syn 几岁 幾歲 jǐ suì how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) 贩子 販子 fàn zǐ child trafficking syn 屁屁 pì pi (child's term) buttocks / bottom 妻儿 妻兒 qī ér wife and child syn 小不点 小不點 xiǎo bu diǎn tiny / very small / tiny thing / small child / baby 认养 認養 rèn yǎng to sponsor / to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support) / to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own) 溥仪 溥儀 pǔ yí Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor 妇幼保健 fù yòu bǎo jiàn maternal and child health 独生 獨生 dú shēng only (child) / without siblings / to be the sole survivor 娃子 wá zi baby / small child / (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities syn 小媳妇 小媳婦 xiǎo xí fu young married woman / mistress / (fig.) punching bag / (old) child bride 小鸡鸡 小雞雞 xiǎo jī jī penis (child's word) 童稚 tóng zhì child / childish syn 野孩子 yě hái zǐ feral child 儿童健康 r tóng jiàn kāng child health 脸蛋儿 臉蛋兒 liǎn dàn r cheek / face (often of child) syn 月嫂 yuè sǎo woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth 儿童保健 r tóng bǎo jiàn child health 