兩小無猜

Chinese

		both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	unsuspecting; innocent
trad. (兩小無猜)		兩	小	無猜
simp. (两小无猜)		两	小	无猜

Etymology

See 青梅竹馬／青梅竹马 (qīngméizhúmǎ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎngxiǎowúcāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄘㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ siu² mou⁴ caai¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lian-shiau-wu-tshoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngxiǎowúcāi [Phonetic: liángxiǎowúcāi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄘㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎngsiǎowúcai
    • Wade–Giles: liang³-hsiao³-wu²-tsʻai¹
    • Yale: lyǎng-syǎu-wú-tsāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangsheauwutsai
    • Palladius: лянсяо’уцай (ljansjao’ucaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵ siu² mou⁴ caai¹
    • Yale: léuhng síu mòuh chāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ siu² mou⁴ tsaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ xiu² mou⁴ cai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ siːu̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lian-shiau-wu-tshoe
    • MiniDict: lian^去 shiau wu tshoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lian-xiau-hhu-tshoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liã²² ɕiɔ⁵⁵ ɦu³³ t͡sʰø²¹/

Idiom

兩小無猜

1. (of boy and girl) becoming innocent playmates