HSK 6 · Family

娃娃 wáwa “baby” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 娃娃 means

  1. baby
  2. child
  3. doll
  4. small child

How to say 娃娃

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale娃wá2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own娃waneutral tone, light and short

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

娃娃 in a sentence

  1. 母亲给我做了一个娃娃。

    Mǔqīn gěi wǒ zuò le yí ge wáwa.

    My mother made me a doll.

    Sentence #4270139 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我收集各国的娃娃。

    Wǒ shōují gèguó de wáwa.

    I collect dolls from all over the world.

    Sentence #363972 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她利用空闲时间做布娃娃。

    Tā lìyòng kòngxián shíjiān zuò bùwáwa.

    She uses her spare time to make rag dolls.

    Sentence #2004692 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 娃娃 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 娃 (wá) with each of its parts in a different colour
娃wábaby
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 圭jade tablet · guī
The character 娃 (wá) with each of its parts in a different colour
娃wábabylight in 娃娃
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 圭jade tablet · guī

How to write 娃娃

娃 9 strokes

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

娃娃 (wáwa) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 娃娃 (wáwa). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 娃娃

More words: People, Body & Health

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FAQs

娃娃 (wáwa) means “baby” or “child”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wáwa: wá with a 2nd tone, then wa with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 娃娃 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wawa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 娃娃 from the suggestions. Typing wawa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
娃娃 is an HSK 6 word in the 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.