童话
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 6
童话 (tónghuà) · fairy tale
童话 (tónghuà) means “fairy tale”. It is written with 2 characters: 童 (child) + 话 (words). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 童话 is built
The characters
童 tóng · child
What 童 is made of
- 立lì — to stand
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
- 里lǐ — unit of distance equal to 0.5km
- 田tián — field
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A child standing 立 in the village 里 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
话 huà · words
What 话 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 舌shé — tongue
- 千qiān — thousand
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 十 — ten
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 千qiān — thousand
Origin hint: A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
妈妈给我讲童话故事。Māma gěi wǒ jiǎng tónghuà gùshi.Mom tells me fairy tales.
你最喜欢哪个童话？Nǐ zuì xǐhuan nǎ ge tónghuà?Which fairy tale do you like best?
Questions about 童话
What does 童话 mean?
童话 (tónghuà) means “fairy tale”.
How do you pronounce 童话?
童话 is pronounced tónghuà.
Which HSK level is 童话?
童话 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 儿童értóngchild
- 童年tóngniánchildhood
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 电话diànhuàtelephone
- 说话shuōhuàto speak
- 的话dehuàif (after a clause)
- 对话duìhuàdialogue
- 讲话jiǎnghuàto talk
- 普通话pǔtōnghuàMandarin
- 笑话xiàohuajoke
Learn 童话 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 21: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.