WordTaiwan frequency #5,594
少子化
ㄕㄠˇ ㄗˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
“declining birthrate; trend of having fewer children; low fertility rate in a society”
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少
ㄕㄠˇ
Few; less; not many; to lack; to be missing; to stop; seldom; young; immature
子
ㄗˇ
Son; child; offspring; seed; noun suffix attached to nouns, verbs, adjectives, or classifiers; first of the twelve earthly branches; ancient Chinese compass point for north.
化
ㄏㄨㄚˋ
To change or transform; to make into; to convert; to dissolve; to die; suffix indicating -ization or -ize.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 孩子ㄏㄞˊ ㄗˇchild; a young person who is not yet an adult; offspring; son or daughter
- 文化ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋculture; civilization; the shared beliefs, customs, arts, and institutions of a society; cultural.
- 不少ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄠˇmany; quite a few; a good number of; not a small amount
- 兒子ㄦˊ ㄗˇson; male child of a parent; a boy in relation to his parents
- 至少ㄓˋ ㄕㄠˇat least; (to say the) least; the minimum amount or degree; no fewer than.
- 多少ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇhow much; how many; used to ask about quantity or number; some; a certain amount; more or less; somewhat
- 減少ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄠˇto reduce; to decrease; to lessen; to lower in amount, size, or degree.
- 男子ㄋㄢˊ ㄗˇa man; a male; (in some contexts, especially Taiwan) a son
- 變化ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋto change; to vary; a change or transformation in form, nature, or state.
- 妻子ㄑㄧ ㄗˇwife; a married woman in relation to her husband; (archaic or literary) wife and children
- 電子ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄗˇelectronic; relating to devices or systems using circuits, semiconductors, or computers; electron (particle physics).
- 房子house; building; apartment; room; a residential structure where people live or a space used for a specific purpose