仔女

Chinese

		minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility	female; woman; daughter
trad. (仔女)		仔	女
simp. #(仔女)		仔	女
alternative forms		囝囡 仔囡
anagram		女仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zai² neoi^5-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): doi² nui²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zai² neoi^5-2
    • Yale: jái néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzai² noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zei² nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐi̯³⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: doi² nui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tᵘɔi⁵⁵ ⁿdui⁵⁵/

Noun

仔女

1. (Cantonese) sons and daughters; children (direct descendants by birth) (Classifier: 個／个; 啲; 班; 竇／窦)

   佢有三個仔女。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢有三个仔女。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ jau⁵ saam¹ go³ zai² neoi^5-2. [Jyutping]

   He has three kids.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 兒女 (“sons and daughters; children”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兒女, 子女, 孩兒, 孩子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	兒女, 孩子
	Taiwan	兒女, 孩子
	Harbin	子女
	Malaysia	孩子
	Singapore	孩子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	兒女, 子女, 孩子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	兒和女
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	兒女, 孩子
	Wanrong	兒女
	Xi'an	兒女, 娃
	Xining	子女, 娃娃們
	Xuzhou	子女
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	兒女
	Lanzhou	兒女
	Ürümqi	兒女, 子女
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	兒女, 子女, 娃娃些
	Wuhan	兒女, 兒子姑娘, 伢, 伢們
	Guiyang	娃娃, 娃兒
	Guilin	崽女
	Liuzhou	崽女
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	子女, 孩子
	Yangzhou	兒女, 子女, 霞子
	Nantong	侯啊丫頭
	Hefei	兒女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	仔女
	Hong Kong	仔女
	Dongguan	仔女
	Yangjiang	仔女, 仔妹
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	仔女
	Singapore (Guangfu)	仔女
Gan	Nanchang	崽女, 兒女
	Lichuan	崽女
	Pingxiang	崽女
Hakka	Meixian	子女, 細人仔
	Yudu	子女, 小鬼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	子女, 子兒, 子息
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	子女
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	子女, 子兒, 子息
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	子女, 子兒, 倈妹, 子息
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	子女, 子兒, 子息
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	子兒, 子女
	Hong Kong	細佬哥
Huizhou	Jixi	兒子女
Jin	Taiyuan	兒女, 娃娃
	Pingyao	孩兒, 孩兒們
	Xinzhou	子女, 子弟, 子孫, 子顆 derogatory, 子秧 derogatory
Northern Min	Jian'ou	囝仔, 囝姩
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	囝兒, 男女囝, 囝, 兒囝, 兒囝哥
	Matsu	囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	囝兒
	Quanzhou	囝兒
	Zhangzhou	囝兒
	Taipei	囝兒
	Kaohsiung	囝兒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	囝, 囝兒
	Manila (Hokkien)	囝兒
	Chaozhou	囝兒
	Shantou	囝兒, 兒女, 子女, 孥囝
	Leizhou	囝
	Haikou	囝兒, 囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	男女, 崽女
Wu	Shanghai	子女, 大細, 囡大細 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	男女
	Suzhou	兒子囡兒, 小人, 大細
	Wuxi	佬小
	Danyang	子女, 兒女
	Hangzhou	兒女
	Ningbo	兒囡, 兒子囡, 子女
	Wenzhou	男女, 男兒女兒, 男兼女, 子女, 細兒
	Jinhua	兒囡
Xiang	Changsha	崽女
	Loudi	崽女
	Shuangfeng	崽女, 崽