乾女兒

干女儿
gānnǚér
adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

CEDICT

稱謂。對所認女兒的稱呼。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

乾女兒 gānnǚ'ěr

Entry Composition

1 乾 gān
  1. dry
  2. dried food
  3. empty; hollow
  4. taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
  5. futile; in vain
  6. (dialect) rude; blunt
  7. (dialect) to cold-shoulder
2 女兒 nǚér daughter

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