子女

子女 zǐnǚ in a sentence

Sons and daughters (children)

Full dictionary entry 1 sentence

子女 (zǐnǚ) means Sons and daughters (children). Below is the one sentence on this site that uses it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

父母有抚养 子女 的义务。

Fùmǔ yǒu fǔyǎng zǐnǚ de yìwù.

Parents have a duty to bring up their children.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抚养

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