I think if someone acts like a child they should be treated like a child.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
孩子气
boyish; childish
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
boyish; childish
02
childishness
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 孩子气 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 孩子气.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 孩子气.
Directly before
- 了孩子气1
Directly after
- 孩子气的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 孩子气
What does 孩子气 mean in Chinese?
孩子气 (háiziqì) means boyish; childish.
How do you pronounce 孩子气?
孩子气 is pronounced háiziqì.
Is 孩子气 an HSK word?
孩子气 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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