子女

子女

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (子女)		子	女
anagram		女子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² neoi⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-ńg
• Min Nan (POJ): chú-lú / chír-lír / chú-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǐnǚ [Phonetic: zínǚ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyneu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² neoi⁵
    • Yale: jí néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² nêu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ nɵy̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii` ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ ng³
    • IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ ŋ̍³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-lú
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwluo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír-lír
    • Tâi-lô: tsír-lír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwlie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/

Noun

子女

1. sons and daughters; children

   未成年子女  ―  wèichéngnián zǐnǚ  ―  non-adult children

   子女忤逆不孝實在令父母寒心。 [MSC, trad.]
   子女忤逆不孝实在令父母寒心。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zǐnǚ wǔnì bùxiào shízài lìng fùmǔ hánxīn. [Pinyin]

   Wayward children who are unfilial are a disappointment to their parents.

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
子	女
し Grade: 1	じょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) し​じょ [shíꜜjò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiʑo̞]

Noun

子女 (hiragana しじょ, rōmaji shijo, historical hiragana しぢよ)

1. sons and daughters; children
2. Synonym of 女子 (joshi, “girl”)

See also

• 子 (こ) (ko, “child; boy; male; girl”)
• 女 (め) (me, “female”)
• 息 (むす)子 (こ) (musuko, “son”)
• 娘 (むすめ) (musume, “daughter”)
• 娘 (こ) (ko, “girl”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN