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童子

童子

Chinese

boy; child; children
 
child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad.
(童子)

Noun

童子

  1. (literary) boy
  2. (obsolete) scholar who has not passed the county level imperial exam
Synonyms
  • (boy): 男孩 (nánhái), 少年 (shàonián)
  • (scholar): 童生
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Pronunciation 2

Noun

童子

  1. (Min Nan) wizard; sorcerer
  2. (Taiwanese Min Nan) child medium

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 3 Grade: 1

Noun

童子 (hiragana わらし, romaji warashi)

  1. A regional dialect term for 'child'.

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