野鸡头

野雞頭
yějītóu
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 a child not one's own by blood; stepchild or adopted kid

Examples

HSK 7-9
Cūnlirén bèihòu jiào tā yějītóu, tā xīnli yìzhí yǒu gēda.
The villagers called him a stepchild behind his back, and it always weighed on him.
HSK 7-9
Hòumā duì yějītóu hé qīnshēng de yíyàng hǎo, bù róngyì.
The stepmother treated the non-biological kid as well as her own - that's not easy.

Tips

register
Old colloquial usage, mildly pejorative. Modern speech prefers 继子女 (stepchild) or 养子女 (adopted child). Understand it in novels or dialect, don't use it to someone's face.

Stroke Order

tóu