星星的孩子

Chinese

		tiny spot; speck	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	child; children; kid
simp. and trad. (星星的孩子)		星星	的	孩子

Etymology

The most accepted etymology is from the social isolation behaviour of an autistic child, likening them to an isolated star in the figurative sense, compared to an allistic child from Earth.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngxīng de háizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄥ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ sing¹ dik¹ haai⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngxīng de háizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄥ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singsing de̊ háizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-hsing¹ tê⁵ hai²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: syīng-syīng de hái-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingshing .de hair.tzy
    • Palladius: синсин дэ хайцзы (sinsin dɛ xajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ d̥ə² xaɪ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹ sing¹ dik¹ haai⁴ zi²
    • Yale: sīng sīng dīk hàaih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ sing¹ dik⁷ haai⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ xing¹ dig¹ hai⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ tɪk̚⁵ haːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

星星的孩子

1. (poetic, figurative) autistic child

   • 自閉症被形容是「來自星星的孩子」，意指自閉症患者，常在自我獨處的環境，將外界的聯繫擱置一旁，彷彿天上的星星，在遙遠漆黑的夜空中獨自閃爍，以星兒描述自閉症，雖然不是基於學術基礎，但卻是溫馨貼切的 [MSC, trad.]
     自闭症被形容是「来自星星的孩子」，意指自闭症患者，常在自我独处的环境，将外界的联系搁置一旁，彷佛天上的星星，在遥远漆黑的夜空中独自闪烁，以星儿描述自闭症，虽然不是基于学术基础，但却是温馨贴切的 [MSC, simp.]

     From:

     2020, 施芳旻, “星兒的悄悄話-以自閉症為主題之繪本創作”, in ntcuir.ntcu.edu.tw‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 November 2023:

     zìbìzhèng bèi xíngróng shì “láizì xīngxīngdeháizǐ”, yìzhǐ zìbìzhèng huànzhě, chángzài zìwǒ dúchù de huánjìng, jiāng wàijiè de liánjì gēzhì yīpáng, pángfó tiānshàng de xīngxīng, zài yáoyuǎn qīhēi de yèkōng zhōng dúzì shǎnshuò, yǐ xīng'ér miáoshù zìbìzhèng, suīrán bùshì jīyú xuéshù jīchǔ, dàn què shì wēnxīn tiēqiè de [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• 星兒／星儿 (xīng'ér)