鳥兒

鳥兒

See also: 鸟儿

Chinese

		bird	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (鳥兒)		鳥	兒
simp. (鸟儿)		鸟	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): niǎor, niǎo'ér

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ, ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄦˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): nyiao³ er²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ ji⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): chiáu-jî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎor
    • Wade–Giles: niaorh³
    • Yale: nyǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neaul
    • Palladius: няор (njaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /njaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎo'ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎo-ér
    • Wade–Giles: niao³-êrh²
    • Yale: nyǎu-ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neauerl
    • Palladius: няоэр (njaoer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /njɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵/

Note: niǎo'ér - used in poetry, songs, etc.

• • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nyiao³ er²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: niao r
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲiau⁵³ ɚ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵ ji⁴
    • Yale: níuh yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³ jiː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáu-jî
    • Tâi-lô: tsiáu-jî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciawjii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑi²³/

Noun

鳥兒

1. Diminutive of 鳥／鸟 (niǎo, “bird”).

   早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。 [MSC, trad.]
   早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zǎoqǐ de niǎor yǒu chóng chī. [Pinyin]

   The early bird gets the worm.

   • 無論是蝴蝶鳥兒　雙雙對對情綿綿 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     无论是蝴蝶鸟儿　双双对对情绵绵 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1991, 葉啟田, 難忘的人

     bô-lūn sī ô͘-tia̍p chiáu-jî, siang-siang-tùi-tùi chêng mî-mî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     No matter if it is butterflies or birds, they are in pairs, always in love

   • 鳥兒自由自在 [MSC, trad.]
     鸟儿自由自在 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2000, 任賢齊 (Richie Jen), 春天花會開

     niǎo'ér zìyóuzìzài [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   • 難道你不比鳥兒珍貴 [Cantonese, trad.]
     难道你不比鸟儿珍贵 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2013, 馬啟邦 (lyricist), 不要憂慮

     naan⁴ dou³ nei⁵ bat¹ bei² niu⁵ ji⁴ zan¹ gwai³ [Jyutping]

     Are you not much more precious than the birds?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鳥 (“bird”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鳥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鳥
Taxonomic name		鳥
Mandarin	Beijing	鳥兒
	Taiwan	鳥
	Tianjin	鳥兒
	Tangshan	鳥兒
	Cangzhou	鳥兒
	Baoding	鳥兒
	Shijiazhuang	鳥兒
	Chifeng	鳥兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鳥兒
	Harbin	鳥兒
	Shenyang	鳥兒
	Qingdao	家雀兒
	Jinan	鳥, 鳥兒
	Luoyang	蟲蟻兒
	Wanrong	蟲蟻兒
	Zhengzhou	蟲蟻兒
	Xi'an	鳥兒, 蟲蟻兒
	Yinchuan	鳥鳥子, 鳥兒
	Lanzhou	鳥兒
	Xining	雀兒
	Ürümqi	鳥, 雀娃子
	Wuhan	雀子
	Chengdu	雀雀, 雀兒, 鳥兒 formal, 鳥
	Chongqing	鳥, 雀兒
	Guiyang	鳥
	Kunming	鳥, 小雀
	Guilin	鳥, 鳥崽
	Liuzhou	鳥, 鳥崽
	Xuzhou	鳥兒, 鳥
	Yangzhou	雀子
	Nanjing	鳥, 雀子, 雀兒
	Hefei	鳥, 雀子
	Nantong	雀兒
	Malaysia	鳥
	Singapore	鳥, 小鳥
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	雀兒, 雀雀子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雀仔, 雀
	Hong Kong	雀仔, 雀
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	雀仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	雀仔, 雀
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	雀仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	雀仔
	Macau	雀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	雀仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	雀仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	雀仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	甩仔
	Foshan	雀仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	雀仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	雀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	雀仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	雀仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	雀
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	雀仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	雀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	雀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	雀
	Taishan	雀仔, 雀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雀
	Enping (Niujiang)	雀
	Heshan (Yayao)	雀
	Dongguan	雀仔, 鷝仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	雀
	Qingyuan	雀仔
	Fogang	雀仔
	Yingde (Hanguang)	鳥仔
	Yangshan	雀仔
	Lianshan (Butian)	雀兒
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	雀仔
	Shaoguan	雀仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	雀仔
	Renhua	雀仔, 鳥仔
	Lechang	雀仔
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	雀仔
	Sihui	雀仔
	Guangning	雀仔
	Deqing	雀兒, 鳥
	Huaiji	雀仔
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	竹仔
	Yunfu	雀仔
	Xinxing	雀仔
	Luoding	雀仔
	Yunan (Pingtai)	雀兒
	Yangjiang	雀仔
	Xinyi	雀
	Lianjiang	雀仔
	Nanning	雀仔
	Wuzhou	雀仔
	Yulin	雀, 雀兒
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	雀兒
	Hepu (Shatian)	雀兒, 鳥
	Guiping	雀
	Mengshan (Xihe)	雀
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	雀
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	雀
	Baise	雀
	Bobai	鳥
	Lingshan	雀
	Pubei	雀
Qinzhou	雀
Beihai	雀
Beihai (Nankang)	雀仔
Beihai (Yingpan)	雀
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	雀仔
Ningming	雀
Hengxian	雀
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	雀仔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雀仔
Singapore (Guangfu)	雀仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	雀
Móng Cái	雀仔
Gan	Nanchang	雀子
	Lichuan	鳥兒
	Pingxiang	鳥
Hakka	Meixian	鳥仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	鳥兒
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	雀仔, 雀
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	雀
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	雀哩
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	雀仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鳥仔
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	雀哩
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	烈
	Boluo (Bendihua)	雀哎
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鳥仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鳥仔
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	鳥哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	鳥哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	鳥哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	鳥哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	雀
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	雀
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	雀哎
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	雀哎
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	鷝子, 鳥, 雀
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	雀, 鳥
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	鳥
	Wengyuan	鳥子
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	鳥
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	鳥
	Liannan	鳥仔
	Conghua (Lütian)	鳥
	Jiexi	鳥
	Luhe	鳥仔
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	鳥
	Changting	鳥哩
	Wuping (Yanqian)	鳥子
	Ninghua	鳥子
	Yudu	鳥子, 鳥
	Ningdu	鳥子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	鳥子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	鳥子
	Dayu	鳥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鳥仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鳥仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鳥仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鳥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鳥仔, 鳥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鳥
	Hong Kong	鳥仔
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	鳥子
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	鳥
	Xinyi (Sihe)	鳥仔
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	鳥
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	鳥仔
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	鳥
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	雀子
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	鳥
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	鳥
	Mengshan (Xihe)	鳥
	Luchuan	鳥
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	鳥
	Bobai (Shahe)	鳥
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	雀
	Mashan (Pianlian)	鳥
	Sabah (Longchuan)	鳥仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	鳥
	Senai (Huiyang)	鳥
Singkawang	鳥
Singapore (Meixian)	鳥仔
Singapore (Dabu)	鳥子
Huizhou	Shexian	鳥
Jin	Taiyuan	鳥兒
	Xinzhou	鳥兒
	Linhe	鳥
	Jining	鳥兒
	Hohhot	鳥兒
	Zhangjiakou	鳥兒
	Handan	鳥兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	隻仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	鳥
	Fuqing	鳥
	Matsu	鳥囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	鳥仔, 鳥隻
	Quanzhou	鳥仔, 鳥隻
	Zhangzhou	鳥仔, 鳥隻
	Zhao'an	鳥仔
	Kaohsiung	鳥仔
	Yilan	鳥仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	鳥仔
	Taichung	鳥仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鳥仔
	Tainan	鳥仔
	Taitung	鳥仔
	Hsinchu	鳥仔
	Penghu (Magong)	鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	鳥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鳥
	Manila (Hokkien)	鳥
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	鳥
	Chaozhou	鳥
	Shantou	鳥
	Haifeng	鳥
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鳥
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鳥
	Singapore (Teochew)	鳥
	Leizhou	鳥
	Haikou	鳥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鳥
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鳥
Wu	Shanghai	鳥
	Shanghai (Chongming)	將
	Suzhou	鳥
	Danyang	雀子
	Hangzhou	鳥, 鳥兒
	Ningbo	鳥
	Wenzhou	鳥
Xiang	Changsha	鳥
	Loudi	鳥唧
	Quanzhou	鳥