兒女

See also: 儿女

Chinese

		son; child; diminutive suffix	female; woman; daughter
trad. (兒女)		兒	女
simp. (儿女)		儿	女
anagram		女兒／女儿
Literally: “sons and daughters”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): érnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄋㄩˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): эрнү (ernü, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ neoi⁵, ji⁴ neoi^5-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì-ńg
• Min Nan (POJ): lî-lír / lî-lú / jî-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: érnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlneu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: érnyǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: эрнү (ernü, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /əɻ²⁴ nyː⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ neoi⁵, ji⁴ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: yìh néuih, yìh néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ noey⁵, ji⁴ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ nêu⁵, yi⁴ nêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ nɵy̯¹³/, /jiː²¹ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: iˇ ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi<sup>2</sup> ng<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi² ng³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-lír
    • Tâi-lô: lî-lír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴⁻²² lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-lú
    • Tâi-lô: lî-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-lí
    • Tâi-lô: jî-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jilie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi¹³⁻²² li⁵³/

Noun

兒女

1. (literally) son and daughter; sons and daughters
2. (by extension) children

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
Mandarin	Beijing	兒女, 孩子
	Taiwan	兒女, 孩子
	Harbin	子女
	Jinan	兒女, 子女, 孩子
	Muping	兒和女
	Luoyang	兒女, 孩子
	Wanrong	兒女
	Xi'an	兒女, 娃
	Xining	子女, 娃娃們
	Xuzhou	子女
	Yinchuan	兒女
	Lanzhou	兒女
	Ürümqi	兒女, 子女
	Wuhan	兒女, 兒子姑娘, 伢, 伢們
	Chengdu	兒女, 子女, 娃娃些
	Guiyang	娃娃, 娃兒
	Liuzhou	崽女
	Yangzhou	兒女, 子女, 霞子
	Nanjing	子女, 孩子
	Hefei	兒女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	仔女
	Hong Kong	仔女
	Dongguan	仔女
	Yangjiang	仔女, 仔妹
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
	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
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
Min Bei	Jian'ou	囝仔, 囝姩
Min Dong	Fuzhou	囝兒, 男女囝, 囝
	Matsu	囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	囝兒
	Quanzhou	囝兒
	Zhangzhou	囝兒
	Taipei	囝兒
	Kaohsiung	囝兒
	Philippines (Manila)	囝兒
	Chaozhou	囝兒
	Shantou	囝兒, 兒女, 子女, 孥囝
	Haikou	囝兒, 囝
	Leizhou	囝
Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	男女, 崽女
Wu	Shanghai	子女, 大細, 囡大細 dated
	Suzhou	兒子囡兒, 小人, 大細
	Hangzhou	兒女
	Wenzhou	男女, 男兒女兒, 男兼女, 子女, 細兒
	Chongming	男女
	Danyang	子女, 兒女
	Jinhua	兒囡
	Ningbo	兒囡, 兒子囡, 子女
Xiang	Changsha	崽女
	Shuangfeng	崽女, 崽
	Loudi	崽女