What are the affectionate words that parents use calling their children in China?
- Simplified Chinese (China)
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
some parents will call their children：宝宝（baobao）
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
I have a 3 and a half years boy, and I like call him "JiaJia", where "Jia" is the last word of his full name.
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
When you call the last two words of someone one's full Chinese name, or repeat the last word twice, most of time it means affectionate.
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