When you like a child very much, or a little animal, you may call them a poppet. It is a warm, gentle name, a bit like “my little dear.” You hear it most in Britain, often from older people, or when someone is speaking in a cozy, home way. You can say it to the child (“Come here, poppet”) or about them (“She’s a little poppet”). It is not a school word and not a usual American one; a US speaker would more often say sweetheart or honey. Though actually, the word is a close cousin of puppet — a small figure you move with your hands — and that older “little doll” feeling is still sitting inside it. You would not use it for a teenager you barely know; it can sound as if you are treating them like a baby.

寶貝、小可愛（英式暱稱，多用於小孩或小動物）