乖乖兒

Chinese

		little dear; darling; well-behaved little dear; darling; well-behaved; obedient	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (乖乖兒)		乖乖	兒
simp. (乖乖儿)		乖乖	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāiguāir

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞ ㄍㄨㄞㄦ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāiguāir
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞ ㄍㄨㄞㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guaiguair
    • Wade–Giles: kuai¹-kuai¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwāi-gwāir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaigual
    • Palladius: гуайгуайр (guajguajr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/

Adjective

乖乖兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 乖乖 (guāiguāi, “well-behaved; obedient”).

   • 乖乖兒地跟家伺候我和我爸 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     乖乖儿地跟家伺候我和我爸 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2000, 梁左 and 梁欢, 《闲人马大姐》, episode 2, 17:42

     guāiguāir de gēn jiā cìhou wǒ hé wǒ bà [Pinyin]

     obediently stay at home to look after me and my dad