弄瓦
nòng​wǎ

to give birth to a girl

  • created reference approved 弄瓦 → 弄璋 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弄瓦 nòng​wǎ

    弄璋 nòng​zhāng

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 弄瓦 · nòng​wǎ · to give birth to a girl — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弄瓦

    nòng​wǎ

    to give birth to a girl

    (literary) to have a baby girl or to celebrate the birth of a daughter; derived from an ancient custom where a girl was given a pottery spindle-whorl to play with in the hope that she would become skilled at weaving

    弄, 瓦

    弄 (literal) → 弄 · nòng · to play with 瓦 (literal) → 瓦 · wǎ · earthenware

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense