|tʃaɪld| noun(plural children) 1. (non-adult) 儿童 értóng, 小孩 xiǎohái when I was a child 我小时候 a child of six 6岁的小孩 a child star/prodigy 童星/神童 to be child's play 是轻而易举的事 spare the rod and spoil the child proverb 孩子不打不成器 the child is father to the man proverb 三岁看到老 to be with child archaic 怀孕 2. 子女 zǐnǚ [可指儿子或女儿]her mother's child 有其母必有其女 3. (immature person) 孩子气的人 háiziqì de rén don't be such a child! 别孩子气啦! 4. (inexperienced person) 幼稚的人 yòuzhì de rén 5. figurative (product) 产物 chǎnwù a child of the 60s/of nature 60年代的人/大自然之子 6. children (descendants) 后代 hòudài