淘气包

淘氣包
táoqìbāo
noun #36,301

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 little rascal
  2. 2 naughty kid
  3. 3 mischief-maker

Examples

Nǐ zhè ge xiǎo táoqìbāo, yòu bǎ fángjiān nòng luàn le!
You little rascal, you've messed up the room again!
Wǒ érzi shì bān lǐ zuì yǒumíng de táoqìbāo.
My son is the best-known little troublemaker in his class.

Tips

register
Affectionate, not really scolding — (literally 'bundle') here works like English '-bag' or '-pot' to make a personal nickname (cf. 调皮, ). Mostly used by adults toward kids they like.
culture
淘气包》 'Mo Xiaotiao the Mischief Maker' is one of the bestselling Chinese children's book series of the 2000s, by Yang Hongying.

Stroke Order

táo
bāo