小兒

See also: 小儿

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (小兒)		小	兒
simp. (小儿)		小	儿

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎo'ér

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² ji⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-yì
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu-lî / siáu-jî / sió-lî / sió-jî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎo'ér
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎo-ér
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-êrh²
  - Yale: syǎu-ér
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauerl
  - Palladius: сяоэр (sjaoer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: siu² ji⁴
  - Yale: síu yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jiː²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    小兒／小儿
    小姨
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-yì
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˋ i^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ yi²
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ i¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-yì
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˋ (r)i^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ yi²
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ (j)i¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-lî
  - Tâi-lô: siáu-lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siawlii
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-jî
  - Tâi-lô: siáu-jî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siawjii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-lî
  - Tâi-lô: sió-lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioylii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-jî
  - Tâi-lô: sió-jî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioyjii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi²³/

Noun

小兒

(literary) small child; infant; children
小兒疾病／小儿疾病 ― xiǎo'ér jíbìng ― paediatric disease
(humble, dated) my son
(dialectal) youngest son

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小兒子 (“youngest son”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		少子, 細兒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小兒子, 幼子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老小子
	Taiwan	小兒子, 幺兒
	Chifeng	老兒子, 老小子
	Harbin	小兒子, 老兒子, 老小子
	Shenyang	老兒子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	老兒子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小兒, 小兒子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小兒郎
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	小兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Zhengzhou	老小子
	Xi'an	碎兒
	Xuzhou	小兒子, 小兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	碎兒, 老娃子, 老娃兒, 老哥子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	老兒子
	Lanzhou	尕兒子
	Ürümqi	小兒子, 老兒子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	幺兒
	Wuhan	小兒子, 幺兒子
	Guiyang	幺兒
	Kunming	老兒子
	Liuzhou	小崽, 晚崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小兒子, 老兒子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	老兒子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	細仔, 孻仔
	Hong Kong	細仔, 孻仔
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	孻仔
	Foshan	細仔, 孻仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	細仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	細仔
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	孻仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	細仔
	Taishan	尾仔, 尾屎努
	Kaiping (Chikan)	尾仔
	Dongguan	細仔, 孻仔
	Shaoguan	細仔
	Yunfu	晚仔
	Xinyi	晚仔
	Lianjiang	細仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	孻仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	孻仔
Gan	Nanchang	細崽
	Lichuan	細崽
	Pingxiang	滿崽, 滿倈牯, 滿倈
Hakka	Meixian	滿子
	Xingning	滿哩
	Huidong (Daling)	滿仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	滿子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	滿仔
	Changting	滿子
	Wuping	滿子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	滿子
	Liancheng	尾子
	Ninghua	尾子
	Yudu	滿子, 細子
	Ruijin	滿子
	Shicheng	尾龍子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	滿子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	滿子, 吊尾錘
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	滿子, 吊尾錘
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	滿子, 吊尾錘
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	滿子, 吊尾錘
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	滿子, 懸尾錘, 吊尾錘
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	滿子, 滿幺
	Hong Kong	滿仔
	Sabah (Longchuan)	滿仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	滿仔
	Singkawang	細倈子
Huizhou	Jixi	細子, 細兒子
Jin	Taiyuan	小小子
	Pingyao	猴小子, 猴兒兒
	Xinzhou	小兒
	Hohhot	老小子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	尾仔凹
	Zhenghe	尾仔
	Jianyang	尾仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	尾囝, 細囝
Eastern Min	Fuqing	尾囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	煞尾囝, 尾仔囝, 尾囝, 尾仔, 細漢囝, 了尾囝
	Quanzhou	煞尾囝, 尾仔囝, 尾囝, 尾仔, 細漢囝
	Zhangzhou	煞尾仔囝, 煞尾囝, 尾囝, 尾仔, 細漢囝
	Taipei	屘仔囝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	屘仔囝
	Kaohsiung	尾仔囝
	Yilan	屘仔囝
	Changhua (Lukang)	屘仔囝
	Taichung	屘仔囝
	Tainan	細漢囝
	Hsinchu	屘囝
	Kinmen	尾囝, 捏尾仔囝, 煞尾囝, 煞尾仔囝
	Penghu (Magong)	屘囝, 晚囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	尾囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	煞尾
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	細囝
	Leizhou	尾囝, 細囝
	Haikou	煞尾囝, 煞尾腸
Puxian Min	Putian	尾囝, 細囝
Puxian Min	Xianyou	尾囝, 細囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細崽, 晚崽
Wu	Shanghai	小兒子, 奶末頭, 阿末頭
	Suzhou	小兒子
	Danyang	小兒子
	Hangzhou	小兒子
	Ningbo	小兒子
	Jinhua	小兒
Xiang	Changsha	細崽, 滿崽
	Xiangtan	滿崽唧
	Loudi	細崽, 滿崽
	Hengyang	滿崽

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎor

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇㄦ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎor
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-ʼrh
  - Yale: syǎur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaul
  - Palladius: сяор (sjaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴/

Noun

小兒

(Mandarin) Erhua form of 小 (xiǎo).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	兒
しょう Grade: 1	に Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

小(しょう)兒(に) • (shōni)

Kyūjitai form of 小児: young child, infant

Korean

Hanja in this term
小	兒

Noun

小兒 • (soa) (hangeul 소아)

hanja form^? of 소아 (“young child, infant”)