Meaning of 少儿
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- child
How to use 少儿
少儿 is a formal, collective word for children, common in names of programs, books, classes and institutions rather than in casual speech. Example: 这是一个少儿英语班。(Zhè shì yí gè shào'ér Yīngyǔ bān.) This is an English class for children.
少 usually means few or little, but read as shào it means young. Add 儿 (ér, child) and you get 少儿, the young ones: children.
Common mistake: Learners often read 少 here as shǎo (few), but in 少儿 it is fourth tone shào, meaning young. Also, 儿 here is a full syllable ér, not the erhua -r ending you see in 这儿 (zhèr) or 哪儿 (nǎr).
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少 shǎo · few · 4 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
儿 ér · son · 2 strokes
- 1
- 2
Related words
Words that share a character with 少儿.
| 这儿 | zhèr | here |
| 多少 | duōshao | number; amount; somewhat |
| 儿子 | érzi | son |
| 哪儿 | nǎr | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere |
| 女儿 | nǚ'ér | daughter |
| 那儿 | nàr | there |
| 一会儿 | yīhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 没事儿 | méishìr | to have spare time; free from work |
| 一点儿 | yīdiǎnr | erhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3] |
| 女孩儿 | nǚháir | erhua form of 女孩[nu : 3 hai2] |
| 一块儿 | yīkuàir | erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4] |
| 玩儿 | wánr | to play; to have fun |
Questions about 少儿
What does 少儿 mean?
少儿 (shào'ér) means "child" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 少儿?
少儿 is made of 2 characters: 少 (4 strokes), 儿 (2 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.
Is 少儿 an HSK word?
Yes. 少儿 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 少儿 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 少儿 is written 少兒.
What is the difference between 少儿 and 孩子?
孩子 (háizi) is the everyday word for a child or someone's kid. 少儿 is more formal and collective, used for children as a group in labels like 少儿频道 (children's channel) or 少儿读物 (children's books).
What other words use 少 pronounced shào?
少年 (shàonián) means a teenager or youth, and 少女 (shàonǚ) means a young girl. In these words 少 also carries the sense of young, the same as in 少儿.