HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Pronouns

男孩儿 nánháir “boy” in Chinese

Traditional 男孩兒

What 男孩儿 means

  1. boy
  2. erhua form of 男孩

How to say 男孩儿

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale男nán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale孩hái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own儿rneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

男孩儿 in a sentence

  1. 那个男孩儿很聪明。

    Nà ge nánháir hěn cōngming.

    That boy is smart.

    Sentence #2158924 from Tatoeba

  2. 那个男孩儿跑得太快了。

    Nà ge nánháir pǎo de tài kuài le.

    That boy runs too fast.

    Sentence #3783095 from Tatoeba

  3. 两个男孩儿吵起来了。

    Liǎng ge nánháir chǎo qǐlai le.

    The two boys have started arguing.

    Sentence #651229 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 男孩儿 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 男 (nán) with each of its parts in a different colour
男nánmale
  • 田field · tián
  • 力strength · lì

Memory aidStrength 力 in the field 田: a man.

The character 孩 (hái) with each of its parts in a different colour
孩háichild
  • 子child · zǐMeaning part
  • 亥part of the characterSound part

Memory aidChild 子 with 亥 (hài) for the sound: a child.

The character 儿 (ér) with each of its parts in a different colour
儿rnon-syllabic diminutive suffix
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ

Memory aidSimplified from 兒, a child drawn with a big head. Only the legs 儿 are left today.

How to write 男孩儿

男 7 strokes · 孩 9 strokes · 儿 2 strokes

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男孩儿 (nánháir) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 男孩儿 (nánháir). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 男孩儿

Words with 男

男朋友nánpéngyou · boyfriend男nán · male男人nánrén · man男生nánshēng · male student

Words with 孩

孩子háizi · child女孩儿nǚháir · girl小孩儿xiǎoháir · child

Words with 儿

儿子érzi · son女儿nǚ'ér · daughter哪儿nǎr · where这儿zhèr · here那儿nàr · there一点儿yìdiǎnr · a little面条儿miàntiáor · noodles好玩儿hǎowánr · amusing有点儿yǒudiǎnr · slightly女孩儿nǚháir · girl

More words: People, Body & Health

眼睛yǎnjing · eye身体shēntǐ · body累lèi · tired药yào · medicine女孩儿nǚháir · girl小孩儿xiǎoháir · child姓名xìngmíng · full name手shǒu · hand

FAQs

男孩儿 (nánháir) means “boy” or “erhua form of 男孩”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it nánháir: nán with a 2nd tone, then hái with a 2nd tone, then r with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 男孩儿 is written 男孩兒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nanhair with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 男孩儿 from the suggestions. Typing nanhair into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
男孩儿 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.