女儿 nǚ'ér daughter
How to remember 女儿: 女 woman + 儿 son = daughter.
Characters
How it is used
- Daughter - 我女儿 (wǒ nǚ'ér) my daughter.
- Pairs with 儿子 (son); here 儿 keeps its full ér reading, not a rhotic suffix.
- The generic 'girl' is 女孩 / 女孩儿.
Example sentences
- 她是我女儿。 Tā shì wǒ nǚér.She's my daughter.
- 她是我的女儿。 Tā shì wǒ de nǚ'ér.She's my daughter.
- 我有一个女儿。 Wǒ yǒu yígè nǚér.I have a daughter.
- 他们的女儿很可爱。 Tāmen de nǚ'ér hěn kě'ài.Their daughter is lovely.