| 童年 | tóng nián | childhood |   |
| 儿时 | ér shí | childhood | |
| 幼年 | yòu nián | childhood / infancy | |
| 幼时 | yòu shí | childhood | |
| 冲龄 | chōng líng | childhood (typically used in reference to an emperor) | |
| 总角 | zǒng jiǎo | (literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head / (fig.) childhood | |
| 从小 | cóng xiǎo | from childhood / from a young age | |
| 小时候 | xiǎo shí hou | in one's childhood | |
| 小儿 | xiǎo r | (coll.) early childhood / baby boy | |
| 懂事 | dǒng shì | to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent | |
| 自幼 | zì yòu | since childhood | |
| 小名 | xiǎo míng | pet name for a child / childhood name | |
| 学前教育 | xué qián jiào yù | preschool education / early childhood education | |
| 娇生惯养 | jiāo shēng guàn yǎng | pampered and spoiled since childhood | |
| 耳鬓厮磨 | ěr bìn sī mó | lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood | |
| 垂髫 | chuí tiáo | hair hanging down (child's hairstyle) / (fig.) young child / early childhood | |
| 殇 |  shāng | to die in childhood / war dead | |
| 青梅竹马 | qīng méi zhú mǎ | lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends | |
| 女大十八变 | nu:3 dà shí bā biàn | lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was | |
| 竹马之交 | zhú mǎ zhī jiāo | childhood friend (idiom) | |
| 总角之交 | zǒng jiǎo zhī jiāo | (idiom) childhood friend | |
| 总角之好 | zǒng jiǎo zhī hǎo | (idiom) childhood friend | |
| 孕婴童 | yùn yīng tóng | (market segment) maternity and early childhood | |
| 稚气未脱 | zhì qì wèi tuō | still possessing the innocence of childhood (idiom) | |
| 儿童早期保教方桉 | | Early Childhood Care and Education | |
| 儿童残疾技术支助方桉 | | Technical Support Programme on Childhood Disability | |
| 儿童政策项目 | r tóng zhèng cè xiàng mù | Childhood Policies Project | |
| 国际癌症患儿家长组织联合会 | | International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organisations | |
| 城市儿童会议 | | Urban Childhood Conference | |
| 世界儿童早期教育组织 | | World Organization for Early Childhood Education | |
| 儿童早期发展 | | early childhood development | |
| 世界儿童早期保育与教育大会 | | World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education | |
| 消除儿童铅中毒联盟 | | Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning | |
| 保护儿童和青少年免受暴力侵害综合系统 | | Integral System of Protection of Childhood and Adolescence against Violence | |
| 儿童早期保育和发展 | | early childhood care for development | |
| 儿童早期 | r tóng zǎo qī | early childhood | |
| 儿童肥胖症 | | childhood obesity | |
| 防治儿童传染病 | | control of childhood communicable diseases | |
| 儿童早期保育和发展方桉 | | Early Childhood Care and Development Programme | |
| 新生儿和儿童疾病综合管理 | | Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness | |
| 儿童疾病综合管理 | | Integrated Management of Childhood Illness | |
| 儿童早期保育和发展协商小组 | | Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development | |
| 儿童白血病 | | childhood leukemia | |
| 阿拉伯儿童与发展理事会 | | Arab Council for Childhood and Development | |
| 幼年教育国际协会 | | Association for Childhood Education International | |
| 儿童早期教育 | | early childhood education | |
| 儿童早期保育促进生存、发育和发展 | | early childhood care for survival, growth and development | |
| 早期幼儿启发教育 | | early childhood stimulation / early stimulation | |
| 童年早期综合行动计划 | | Integrated Action Plan for Early Childhood | |
| 儿童残疾科 | | Childhood Disability Section | |
| 儿童残疾 | | childhood disability | |
| 起小 | qǐ xiǎo | since childhood | |
| 发小 | fà xiǎo | (dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends | |
| 孕童 | yùn tóng | (market segment) maternity and early childhood | |
| 打小 | dǎ xiǎo | (dialect) from childhood / from a young age | |
