童
年

Childhood in Chinese: 童年 (tóng nián)

tóng nián

childhood

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Definitions

  1. 1childhood

Stroke order

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童
年

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄨㄥˊ

tóng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄋㄧㄢˊ

nián

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 我的童年是在乡下度过的。

    wǒ de tóng nián shì zài xiāng xià dù guò de。

    My childhood was spent in the countryside.

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Related words

年

nián

year

去年

qù nián

last year

年级

nián jí

grade

年轻

nián qīng

young

儿童

ér tóng

child

年龄

nián líng

(a person's) age

年代

nián dài

a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)

年纪

nián jì

age

半年

bàn nián

half a year

今年

jīn nián

this year

明年

míng nián

next year

新年

xīn nián

New Year

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