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童 tóng

child, boy; servant boy; virgin

Strokes
12
Level
HSK 4
Radical
立
Type
Ideograph
Made of 立里 ⿱立里

Memory hint: A child standing 立 in the village 里

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  1. 这个公园很适合儿童玩。
    Zhège gōngyuán hěn shìhé értóng wán.
    This park is very suitable for children to play in.
    this park very suitable children play
  2. 你小时候喜欢看什么童话？
    Nǐ xiǎoshíhou xǐhuan kàn shénme tónghuà?
    What fairy tales did you like to read as a child?
    you childhood like read what fairy-tale
  3. 我们给孩子讲个童话吧。
    Wǒmen gěi háizi jiǎng ge tónghuà ba.
    Let's tell the child a fairy tale.
    we for child tell (measure) fairy-tale (particle)
  4. 这个游乐场不只是给儿童玩的。
    Zhège yóulèchǎng bùzhǐ shì gěi értóng wán de.
    This amusement park isn't only for children.
    this playground not-only is for children play (particle)
  5. 晚上睡觉前，妈妈常常给孩子讲童话。
    Wǎnshang shuìjiào qián, māma chángcháng gěi háizi jiǎng tónghuà.
    Before bedtime in the evenings, mom often tells the child fairy tales.
    evening sleep before, mom often for child tell fairy-tale

Words with 童 (2)