I am an only child.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
独生子
a son who is an only child
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
a son who is an only child
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 独生子 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 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She has buried her only son.
Paul is an only child, but he has a lot of cousins.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 独生子.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 独生子.
Directly before
- 是独生子1
- 的独生子1
- 个独生子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
What does 独生子 mean in Chinese?
独生子 (dúshēngzǐ) means a son who is an only child.
How do you pronounce 独生子?
独生子 is pronounced dúshēngzǐ.
Is 独生子 an HSK word?
独生子 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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