娃 wá baby
baby; doll
How to remember 娃: 女 woman + 圭 jade block = baby. The proud great-grandma, a tiny woman of ninety, ties a lucky jade block on a red string to the cot of the new baby.
Component breakdown
娃 = 女 woman + 圭 jade block
- 女 woman
- 圭 jade block
The proud great-grandma, a tiny woman of ninety, ties a lucky jade block on a red string to the cot of the new baby.
How it is used
- Baby / small child (colloquial, often dialect-flavored) - 娃娃 (wáwa) baby or doll, 女娃 (nǚwá) little girl.
- In the northwest and Sichuan, 娃 broadly means kid: 男娃 (nánwá) boy. 洋娃娃 (yángwáwa) = a (Western-style) doll.