花童

huātóng
noun #34,838

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 flower girl (at a wedding)
  2. 2 page boy
  3. 3 child attendant carrying flowers in a wedding procession

Examples

Tāmen de nǚ'ér zài hūnlǐ shàng dāngle huātóng.
Their daughter was the flower girl at the wedding.
Huātóng sǎzhe huābàn zǒu zài xīnniáng qiánmian.
The flower girl walked in front of the bride scattering petals.

Tips

culture
花童 covers both 'flower girl' and 'page boy' — the role isn't gendered in Chinese, since simply means 'child'. Western-style weddings borrowed the role into modern Chinese ceremonies; older Chinese weddings did not have this position.

Stroke Order

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