髫齔

Chinese

		tufts of hair on children	replace the milk teeth
trad. (髫齔)		髫	齔
simp. (髫龀)		髫	龀
alternative forms		髫齓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiáochèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄔㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiáochèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄔㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiáochèn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao²-chʻên⁴
    • Yale: tyáu-chèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyauchenn
    • Palladius: тяочэнь (tjaočɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹/

Noun

髫齔

1. (literary) childhood; infancy
2. (literary) young child

Synonyms

• (childhood):

• 兒童期／儿童期 (értóngqī)
• 囡仔時／囡仔时 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 小時／小时 (xiǎoshí)
• 幼年 (yòunián)
• 沖齡／冲龄 (chōnglíng) (literary, chiefly of a monarch)
• 童年 (tóngnián)
• 髫年 (tiáonián) (literary)
• 齠年／龆年 (tiáonián) (literary)

 

• (young child): 幼童 (yòutóng)