newborn's hair; natal hair
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
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hair of a newborn baby (before its first haircut); natal hair
In traditional Chinese culture, the first haircut (剃胎发) is an important ritual usually performed when the baby is one month old (满月) or one year old. The hair is often preserved as a keepsake or crafted into a calligraphy brush (胎毛笔).
Bǎo宝
bao宝
mǎn满
yuè月
shí时
,
nǎi奶
nai奶
gěi给
tā他
tì剃
le了
tāi胎
fà发
。
When the baby was one month old, his grandmother gave him his first haircut.
Tā她
bǎ把
ér儿
zi子
de的
tāi胎
fà发
zuò做
chéng成
le了
yī一
zhī支
máo毛
bǐ笔
liú留
zuò作
jì纪
niàn念
。
She made her son's natal hair into a calligraphy brush as a keepsake.
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Zhè这
gēn根
tāi胎
fà发
wǒ我
yǐ已
jīng经
bǎo保
cún存
le了
shí十
bā八
nián年
。
I have kept this lock of baby hair for eighteen years.