兒女

兒女

See also: 儿女

Chinese

		son; child; diminutive suffix	female; woman; daughter
trad. (兒女)		兒	女
simp. (儿女)		儿	女
anagram		女兒／女儿
Literally: “sons and daughters”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): érnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄋㄩˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): эрнү (erny, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ neoi⁵, ji⁴ neoi^5-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì-ńg
• Min Nan (POJ): lî-lír / lî-lú / jî-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: érnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlneu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: érnyǔ
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: эрнү (erny, I-II)
    • IPA ^(key): /əɻ²⁴ nyː⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ neoi⁵, ji⁴ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: yìh néuih, yìh néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ noey⁵, ji⁴ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ nêu⁵, yi⁴ nêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ nɵy̯¹³/, /jiː²¹ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: iˇ ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi<sup>2</sup> ng<sup>3</sup>
    • IPA: /i¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi² ng³
    • IPA: /(j)i¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-lír
    • Tâi-lô: lî-lír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴⁻²² lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-lú
    • Tâi-lô: lî-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-lí
    • Tâi-lô: jî-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jilie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi¹³⁻²² li⁵³/

Noun

兒女

1. (literally) son and daughter; sons and daughters
2. (by extension) children

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 兒女 (“sons and daughters; children”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兒女, 子女
Mandarin	Beijing	兒女, 孩子
	Taiwan	兒女, 孩子
	Jinan	兒女, 孩子
	Xi'an	兒女, 娃
	Wuhan	兒女, 兒子姑娘, 伢, 伢們
	Chengdu	兒女, 娃娃些
	Yangzhou	兒女, 霞子
	Hefei	兒女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	仔女
	Hong Kong	仔女
	Dongguan	仔女
	Yangjiang	仔女, 仔妹
Gan	Nanchang	崽女
Hakka	Meixian	子女
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	子女, 子兒
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	子女
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	子女, 子兒
	Dongshi (Dabu)	子女, 子兒
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	子女, 子兒
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	子兒, 子女
Jin	Taiyuan	兒女, 娃娃
Min Bei	Jian'ou	囝仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	囝兒, 囝
	Matsu	囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	囝兒
	Quanzhou	囝兒
	Zhangzhou	囝兒
	Taipei	囝兒
	Kaohsiung	囝兒
	Chaozhou	囝兒
Wu	Shanghai	大細, 子女, 囡大細 dated
	Suzhou	兒子囡兒, 小人, 大細
	Wenzhou	男女, 男兒女兒, 細兒
Xiang	Changsha	崽女
	Shuangfeng	崽女, 崽