孩子王

Chinese

		child; children; kid	king; Wang (proper name)
simp. and trad. (孩子王)		孩子	王

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háiziwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄗ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai⁴ zi² wong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háiziwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄗ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háizi̊hwáng
    • Wade–Giles: hai²-tzŭ⁵-wang²
    • Yale: hái-dz-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hair.tzywang
    • Palladius: хайцзыван (xajczyvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haai⁴ zi² wong⁴
    • Yale: hàaih jí wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai⁴ dzi² wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai⁴ ji² wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

孩子王

1. grown-up popular with children or leader of a group of children
2. (humorous) teacher at a primary school or kindergarten

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 孩子頭 (“grown-up popular with children or leader of a group of children”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		孩子頭, 孩子王
Mandarin	Beijing	孩子頭兒
	Taiwan	孩子王
Cantonese	Guangzhou	細佬哥頭, 細蚊仔頭, 細佬哥王, 細路仔頭
Gan	Nanchang	龍燈頭
Hakka	Meixian	細人頭仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	搞頭王
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	搞頭王
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	搞頭王
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	搞頭王
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	爽頭王
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	細子頭王
Northern Min	Jian'ou	囝仔頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	兒囝頭, 兒囝哥頭
	Fuqing	兒囝哥頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	囡仔頭, 囡仔王
	Quanzhou	囡仔頭, 囡仔王
	Zhangzhou	囡仔頭
	Tainan	囡仔王, 囡仔頭王 GT
	Shantou	孥囝頭
	Jieyang	孥囝頭, 猴頭, 猴蛇頭
Wu	Wenzhou	童子癆頭兒
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)