娃 (waa1 | wa1 ) : baby; pretty girl

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娃

waa1

wa1

[1] baby; child; kid
[2] young and pretty girl

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

娃

This word has been viewed 6768 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Nov 2009 11:56

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洋娃娃 joeng4 waa1 waa1 yang2 wa2 wa2 = doll 國

娃娃 waa1 waa1 wa2 wa5 = baby doll; (China regional) baby; infant; toddler; child; kid

布娃娃 bou3 waa1 waa1 bu4 wa2 wa5 = rag doll; ragdoll

娃娃菜 waa1 waa1 coi3 wa2 wa5 cai4 = baby Chinese cabbage (mini-sized variety)

布碎娃娃 bou3 seoi3*2 waa1 waa1 = rag doll

洋娃娃店 joeng4 waa1 waa1 dim3 = a doll shop

洋娃娃服裝店 joeng4 waa1 waa1 fuk6 zong1 dim3 = a doll outfit shop

娃娃魚 waa1 waa1 jyu4*2 wa2 wa5 yu2 = giant salamander

芝娃娃 zi1 waa1 waa1 zhi1 wa1 wa1 = chihuahua 粵

吉娃娃 gat1 waa1 waa1 ji2 wa2 wa2 = chihuahua 國
See all 14 compounds (CantoDict reports 15 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 娃
Unicode code for this character: U+5a03 (off-site link)

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