<p>when some young adult talk such subject, it possibly refer to “not married（never married）” other than “child”, especially there are romatic or marriage related stories.</p>

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Daniel Yang
<p>Why do you think these sentences are related? I think they are 2 different, unrelated sentences.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>我大哥认识一个男孩子，他个名字叫李明英。<br>
My big brother knows a boy whose name is Li Mingying</p></li>
<li><p>李小姐今年二十岁，是大学生。<br>
Miss Li will be 20 years old this year, she is a student at university.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>小姐 = Miss<br>
男孩子 = boy</p>

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My bad, I was typing in hurry, now sentence should be correct.
Nikita Kunevich
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Pedroski
<blockquote>
  <p>我大哥认识一个男孩子，他个名字叫李明英。李小姐今年二十岁，是大学生</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I try to correct your text as below:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>我大哥认识一个<strong>女孩子</strong>，<strong>她的</strong>名字叫李明英。李小姐今年二十岁，是大学生</p>
</blockquote>

<p>To your specific question, when we were in the college, we were in the age of the 20s and we often call ourselves 男孩子 or 女孩子. For example, 女孩子喜欢个子高的男孩子. </p>

<p>Generally, you can call a teenage or one in the age of puberty 男孩子 or 女孩子.</p>

<p>The line at which they were not called 孩子 is obscure indeed. The circumstances , contexts and perspectives play important roles in this. </p>

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in other words 这位尊敬的用户 supports comment #2
user6065
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dan
<p>For a lot of people in China, you are a 女孩子 until you are married, but there isn't a specific defining mark. I would roughly say around age 30 or upon marriage (whichever occurs first) is when a single person stops being a 孩子, but that is a very rough heuristic.</p>

<p>Try thinking of it less like "female child" and more like "girl."</p>

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Joseph
<p>I've seen a text where 20-year-old woman was called 女孩子, is it usual in China?</p>

<p>The text I'm referring to:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>我大哥认识一个女孩子，她的名字叫李明英。李小姐今年二十岁，是大学生</p>
</blockquote>

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certainly, happens all the time in newscasts, TV dramas etc. also see https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/25611/can-i-use-%e5%a5%b3-%e5%ad%a9%e5%ad%90-even-if-the-person-in-question-is-an-adult/25634#25634
user6065
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some users are wondering whether 男孩子 in quoted text should not be 女孩子 (她 instead of 他?) male gender individuals may be called 男孩子 although not as often,小伙子 may be more common, although perhaps implying greater degree of familiarity
user6065
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To your parents and your grandparents， you're 孩子 forever.
GANG
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where 孩子 means that not-married other than child.
Daniel Yang
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There should be 女孩子 indeed, i was typing in hurry
Nikita Kunevich
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At what age one stops calling a person 孩子？
# At what age one stops calling a person 孩子？

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-05)

I've seen a text where 20-year-old woman was called 女孩子, is it usual in China?

The text I'm referring to:

> 我大哥认识一个女孩子，她的名字叫李明英。李小姐今年二十岁，是大学生

**Tags:** simplified-characters

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: certainly, happens all the time in newscasts, TV dramas etc. also see https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/25611/can-i-use-%e5%a5%b3-%e5%ad%a9%e5%ad%90-even-if-the-person-in-question-is-an-adult/25634#25634  
> **username_1**: some users are wondering whether 男孩子 in quoted text should not be 女孩子 (她 instead of 他?) male gender individuals may be called 男孩子 although not as often,小伙子 may be more common, although perhaps implying greater degree of familiarity  
> **username_2**: To your parents and your grandparents， you're 孩子 forever.  
> **username_3**: where 孩子 means that not-married other than child.  
> **username_0**: There should be 女孩子 indeed, i was typing in hurry  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2018-01-06. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

when some young adult talk such subject, it possibly refer to “not married（never married）” other than “child”, especially there are romatic or marriage related stories.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-01-05. Score: 1

Why do you think these sentences are related? I think they are 2 different, unrelated sentences.

1. 我大哥认识一个男孩子，他个名字叫李明英。  
   My big brother knows a boy whose name is Li Mingying
2. 李小姐今年二十岁，是大学生。  
   Miss Li will be 20 years old this year, she is a student at university.

小姐 = Miss  
男孩子 = boy

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: My bad, I was typing in hurry, now sentence should be correct.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2018-01-06. Score: 1

> 我大哥认识一个男孩子，他个名字叫李明英。李小姐今年二十岁，是大学生

I try to correct your text as below:

> 我大哥认识一个**女孩子**，**她的**名字叫李明英。李小姐今年二十岁，是大学生

To your specific question, when we were in the college, we were in the age of the 20s and we often call ourselves 男孩子 or 女孩子. For example, 女孩子喜欢个子高的男孩子.

Generally, you can call a teenage or one in the age of puberty 男孩子 or 女孩子.

The line at which they were not called 孩子 is obscure indeed. The circumstances , contexts and perspectives play important roles in this.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: in other words 这位尊敬的用户 supports comment #2  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2018-01-08. Score: 0

For a lot of people in China, you are a 女孩子 until you are married, but there isn't a specific defining mark. I would roughly say around age 30 or upon marriage (whichever occurs first) is when a single person stops being a 孩子, but that is a very rough heuristic.

Try thinking of it less like "female child" and more like "girl."


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