留守儿童

留守兒童

liúshǒu értóng

noun

Meanings

1 left-behind children
2 rural children whose parents work as migrant laborers in distant cities

Characters

remain, stay behind

Examples

HSK 2

他小时候是个留守儿童,爷爷奶奶带大的。

Tā xiǎoshíhòu shì ge liúshǒu'értóng, yéye nǎinai dài dà de.

He was a left-behind child, raised by his grandparents.

HSK 3

村里有很多留守儿童。

Cūnlǐ yǒu hěnduō liúshǒu'értóng.

There are many left-behind children in the village.

HSK 4

留守儿童的心理健康值得关注。

Liúshǒu'értóng de xīnlǐ jiànkāng zhídé guānzhù.

The mental health of left-behind children deserves attention.

Tips

culture

A major social phenomenon since the 1990s: tens of millions of rural kids are left with grandparents while parents work in factories in coastal cities. The term carries real weight in Chinese policy and media discourse.

Stroke Order

留 liú

守 shǒu

儿 ér

童 tóng