Tom and Mary are both only children.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
独生子女
an only child
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
an only child
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 独生子女 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 独生子女 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
"Do you have any siblings?" "No, I'm an only child."
Because families in Shanghai today have only one son or daughter, the head of the family places a strong emphasis on their child's studying.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 独生子女.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 独生子女.
Directly before
- 是独生子女3
- 个独生子女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 独生子女
What does 独生子女 mean in Chinese?
独生子女 (dúshēngzǐnǚ) means an only child.
How do you pronounce 独生子女?
独生子女 is pronounced dúshēngzǐnǚ.
Is 独生子女 an HSK word?
独生子女 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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