儿
女

Children in Chinese: 儿女 (ér nǚ)

ér nǚ

children

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 兒女1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1children; sons and daughters
  2. 2a young man and a young woman (in love)

Stroke order

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儿
女

Zhuyin

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ㄦˊ

ér

ㄦ/ erˊ/ second tone

ㄋㄩˇ

nǚ

ㄋ/ nㄩ/ üˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

儿女

Simplified

兒女

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他有三个儿女，都已经长大了。

    tā yǒu sān gè ér nǚ， dōu yǐ jīng zhǎng dà le。

    He has three children, and they've all grown up.

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Related words

女

nǚ

female

儿子

ér zi

son

女儿

nǚ ér

daughter

女人

nǚ rén

woman

儿童

ér tóng

child

妇女

fù nǚ

woman

女士

nǚ shì

lady

哪儿

nǎ r

where?

那儿

nà r

there

女生

nǚ shēng

schoolgirl

玩儿

wán r

to play

这儿

zhè r

here

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