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河童

hétóng

kappa, a child-size humanoid water creature in Japanese folklore

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Meaning and common use

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kappa, a child-size humanoid water creature in Japanese folklore

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 河童 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 河童 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

在学校我喜欢阅读日本文学的英文翻译，特别是夏目漱石的我是一只猫和心，和芥川龙之介的鼻子和河童。zài xué xiào wǒ xǐ huān yuè dú rì běn wén xué de yīng wén fān yì， tè bié shì xià mù shù shí de wǒ shì yī zhī māo hé xīn， hé jiè chuān lóng zhī jiè de bí zi hé hé tóng。

At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.

「上岸的河童」比喻因环境改变，而无法发挥能力。「shàng àn de hé tóng」 bǐ yù yīn huán jìng gǎi biàn， ér wú fǎ fā huī néng lì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 河童.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 河童.

Directly before

  • 和河童1
  • 的河童1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
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 河童

What does 河童 mean in Chinese?

河童 (hétóng) means kappa, a child-size humanoid water creature in Japanese folklore.

How do you pronounce 河童?

河童 is pronounced hétóng.

Is 河童 an HSK word?

河童 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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