孩

(bound form) child

12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

all alone

child

girl / lass

girl; lass

girl

child

infant

erhua variant of 女孩[nü3 hai2]

children

lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease

lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease

"a slave to one's children", hard-working parents who would do everything to ensure their children's well-being, in disregard of their own needs