Usage of the character 童

qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment)

tóngnián

童年

[童年]

childhood

jītóng

乩童

[乩童]

spirit medium

tónghūn

童婚

[童婚]

child marriage

mùtóng

牧童

[牧童]

shepherd boy

tóngchuáng

童床

[童床]

crib
children's bed

nütóng

女童

[女童]

small girl

tónghuà

童话

[童話]

children's fairy tales

huātóng

花童

[花童]

page boy
flower girl (at a wedding)

Tóngjūn

童军

[童軍]

Scout (youth organization)
see also 童子軍／童子军 ( Tóngzǐjūn)

xuétóng

学童

[學童]

schoolchild

hétóng

河童

[河童]

kappa, a child-size humanoid water creature in Japanese folklore

háitóng

孩童

[孩童]

child

zǐtóng

梓童

[梓童]

(often used in traditional novels) term used by an emperor to address the empress

shéntóng

神童

[神童]

child prodigy

tóngshēng

童生

[童生]

candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam

tóngxīn

童心

[童心]

childish heart
childish innocence

tóngnán

童男

[童男]

virgin male

qiútóng

球童

[球童]

ball boy (tennis)
caddie (golf)

tóngyáo

童谣

[童謠]

nursery rhyme

tóngzhēn

童贞

[童貞]

virginity
chastity

tóngzhì

童稚

[童稚]

child
childish

tóngméng

童蒙

[童蒙]

young and ignorant
ignorant and uneducated

tóngzhuāng

童装

[童裝]

children's clothing

tóngxīng

童星

[童星]

child star

luántóng

娈童

[孌童]

catamite (boy as homosexual partner)
kept man
gigolo

tóngbiàn

童便

[童便]

urine of boys under 12, used as medicine (TCM)

tónggōng

童工

[童工]

child labor

xiāntóng

仙童

[仙童]

elf
leprechaun

nántóng

男童

[男童]

boy
male child

tóngzǐniào

童子尿

[童子尿]

urine of boys under 12, used as medicine (TCM)

luántóngzhě

娈童者

[孌童者]

child molester
sex tourist

yùnyīngtóng

孕婴童

[孕嬰童]

(market segment) maternity and early childhood

luántóngliàn

娈童恋

[孌童戀]

pederasty

liàntóngpǐ

恋童癖

[戀童癖]

pedophilia

Yòutóngjūn

幼童军

[幼童軍]

Cub Scout

tóngyǎngxí

童养媳

[童養媳]

child bride
girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law

tónghuātóu

童花头

[童花頭]

short bobbed hairstyle

Tóngzǐjūn

童子军

[童子軍]

Scout (youth organization)

liàntóngfàn

恋童犯

[戀童犯]

pedophile

tóngzǐjūn

童子军

[童子軍]

child soldiers
juvenile militia

tóngshānzhuózhuó

童山濯濯

[童山濯濯]

treeless hill
(fig.) bald head

liúdòng'értóng

流动儿童

[流動兒童]

children of migrants

liúshǒu'értóng

留守儿童

[留守兒童]

"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

tóngyǎngxífù

童养媳妇

[童養媳婦]

child bride
girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law

wǎnjiù'értóng

挽救儿童

[挽救兒童]

to rescue a child
Save the Children, a British charity

tóngsǒuwúqī

童叟无欺

[童叟無欺]

cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously
Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.

tóngyánwújì

童言无忌

[童言無忌]