孩儿

孩兒

háir

noun #3,079

Meanings

1 child (literary/dialectal)
2 my child

Characters

child; diminutive suffix

Examples

HSK 2

好孩儿，别哭了。

Hǎo háir, bié kū le.

Good child, don't cry.

HSK 4

孩儿给父亲请安。

Háir gěi fùqīn qǐng'ān.

Your child pays respects to you, Father.

Tips

register

孩儿 is archaic/literary. Common in period dramas where children address their parents. In modern speech, use 孩子 instead.

grammar

The 儿 here is the full syllable ér reduced to an r-suffix (erhua), giving háir rather than háiér.

Stroke Order

孩 hái

儿 ér