HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Pronouns

女孩儿 nǚháir “girl” in Chinese

Traditional 女孩兒

What 女孩儿 means

  1. girl
  2. erhua form of 女孩

How to say 女孩儿

    女孩儿 in a sentence

    1. 我是个女孩儿。

      Wǒ shì ge nǚháir.

      I’m a girl.

      Sentence #10477397 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

    2. 女孩儿们在哪儿呢？

      Nǚháirmen zài nǎr ne?

      Where are the girls?

      Sentence #10495852 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

    3. 男孩儿取笑了女孩儿。

      Nánháir qǔxiào le nǚháir.

      The boy made fun of the girl.

      Sentence #12060830 from Tatoeba

    How 女孩儿 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 女 (nǚ) drawn as one shape
    女nǚfemale

    女 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

    Memory aidDrawn from a woman kneeling with her arms folded.

    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 女孩儿

    女 3 strokes · 孩 9 strokes · 儿 2 strokes

    Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

    Words related to 女孩儿

    Words with 女

    女儿nǚ'ér · daughter女朋友nǚpéngyou · girlfriend女nǚ · female女人nǚrén · woman女生nǚshēng · female student妇女fùnǚ · woman女士nǚshì · lady

    Words with 孩

    孩子háizi · child男孩儿nánháir · boy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男孩儿nánháir · boy

    More words: People, Body & Health

    身体shēntǐ · body累lèi · tired药yào · medicine男孩儿nánháir · boy小孩儿xiǎoháir · child姓名xìngmíng · full name手shǒu · hand头tóu · head

    FAQs

    女孩儿 (nǚháir) means “girl” or “erhua form of 女孩”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
    Say it nǚháir: nǚháir. 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, 女孩儿 is written 女孩兒. The pronunciation is the same.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nuhair with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 女孩儿 from the suggestions. Typing nuhair into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    女孩儿 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.