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Chinese
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boy; child; children
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year
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simp. and trad.
(童年)
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童
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年
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| Literally: “children's years”.
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Pronunciation
Noun
童年
- childhood; infancy (Classifier: 個／个)
- 童年的朋友 ― tóngnián de péngyǒu ― childhood friend
給孩子一個美好的童年 [MSC, trad.]
给孩子一个美好的童年 [MSC, simp.]- gěi háizi yīge měihǎo de tóngnián
- to give children a happy childhood
她根本就沒有童年。 [MSC, trad.]
她根本就没有童年。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā gēnběn jiù méiyǒu tóngnián.
- She didn't have any kind of childhood.
Synonyms
- 兒童期／儿童期 (értóngqī)
- 囡仔時／囡仔时 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 小時／小时 (xiǎoshí)
- 幼年 (yòunián)
- 沖齡／冲龄 (chōnglíng) (literary, chiefly of a monarch)
- 髫年 (tiáonián) (literary)
- 髫齔／髫龀 (tiáochèn)
- 齠年／龆年 (tiáonián) (literary)