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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wá | wa2
English translation
baby
doll
baby; doll; pretty girl

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

A girl  made of beautiful jade  guī

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

女圭

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孩子 háizi 紧抱 jǐn bào zhāo de 洋娃娃 yáng wá wa .

The child is hugging her doll.

小孩 xiǎo hái jǐn bào zhāo 洋娃娃 yáng wá wa .

The child clasped the doll tightly.

这个 zhè ge 女孩 nǚ hái de 洋娃娃 yáng wá wa jǐn bào zài 怀里 huái lǐ .

The girl clutched her doll to her breast.

zhè xiǎo 娃娃 wáwa tǐng hǎo 玩儿 wán r .

The baby is very cute.

Lún 年龄 niánlíng , liǎ 已经 yǐjīng 不是 bú shi bào zhāo 枕头 zhěntou zài 床上打闹,或者 huòzhě ràng 人家 rénjiā lái shuǎi de xiǎo 娃娃 wáwa le .

The two young daughters sat on the bedroom couch watching him.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
娃娃 wáwa baby娃娃 wáwa
baby
伊娃 Yī wá Eva (name)伊娃 Yī wá
洋娃娃 yáng wá wa doll (of Western appearance)洋娃娃 yáng wá wa
夏娃 Xià wá Eve (in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 Xià wá {Haa6waa1})夏娃 Xià wá
娃儿 wá ér children (colloquial)娃兒
莎拉波娃 Shā lā bō wá Sharapova (Russian female tennis star)莎拉波娃 Shā lā bō wá
娃子 wá zi baby娃子 wá zi
福娃 Fú wá Fuwa (official 2008 Olympic mascots)福娃 Fú wá
娃娃鱼 wá wa yú Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus)娃娃魚
女娃 Nǚ wá mythological daughter of Fiery Emperor 炎帝 Yán dì [Yán​dì] who turned into bird Jingwei 精衛|精卫 Jīng wèi [Jīng​wèi] after drowning女娃 Nǚ wá
库尔尼科娃 Kù ěr ní kē wá Anna Sergeevna Kournikova (1981-), Russian tennis star and glamor model庫爾尼科娃
娃娃亲 wá wa qīn arranged betrothal of minors娃娃親

Decomposition & Compounds

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Decomposition

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