留守儿童 in English liu2 shou3 er2 tong2 Meaning

Meanings

  • "left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them

Simplified Characters

留 守 儿 童

Traditional Characters

留 守 兒 童

Pinyin

liu2 shou3 er2 tong2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

留liu2old variant of 留[liu2] 守shou3to guard 儿er2variant of 人[ren2] 童tong2surname Tong