童子

Chinese

		boy; child; children	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (童子)		童	子

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-chṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-chú / tông-chír / tông-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: túng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngtzyy
    • Palladius: тунцзы (tunczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 桐梓 瞳子 童子

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ zi²
    • Yale: tùhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 瞳子 童子 筒子

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: tungˇ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung² zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tông-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chír
    • Tâi-lô: tông-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chí
    • Tâi-lô: tông-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongcie
    • IPA (Philippines): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

童子

1. (literary) child, especially a boy
2. (obsolete) scholar who has not passed the county level imperial exam

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 男孩子 (“boy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		童子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		男孩, 男孩子, 男童
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	男孩兒, 小子, 兒花兒, 男花兒
	Taiwan	男孩子, 男孩
	Harbin	男孩兒, 小子, 學生, 小小子 young, 小小兒 young
	Singapore	男孩子
Jilu Mandarin	Weifang (Weicheng)	小廝
	Weifang (Fangzi)	小廝
	Changle	小廝
	Shouguang	小廝
	Wulian	小廝
	Jinan	小子, 小小兒 young, 末末丟子 young, 末子 young, 小末子 young
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小子
	Qingdao	小扫兒️
	Weifang (Hanting)	小廝
	Changyi	小廝
	Gaomi	小廝
	Zhucheng	小廝
	Anqiu	小廝
	Linqu	小廝
	Qingzhou	小廝
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	男孩兒, 小子
	Wanrong	小子
	Kaifeng	男孩兒
	Xi'an	娃子, 娃子娃
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	嘎子, 滿灘跑
	Lanzhou	娃子, 男娃娃
	Ürümqi	兒娃子, 男娃娃
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	男娃子, 男娃娃, 男娃兒, 兒娃子, 兒娃娃
	Wuhan	男伢, 兒子伢, 兒伢
	Guiyang	男娃娃, 男娃兒
	Guilin	男把爺
	Guanyang	奶崽家
	Liuzhou	男娃崽, 男崽
	Dagudi (Maliba)	小兒子, 漢子
	Reshuitang (Longling)	兒子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	小兒子
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	兒子, 漢子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	男娃兒, 男娃, 男孩兒
	Yangzhou	男霞子, 小伙, 小老爹
	Xinghua	小伙家
	Hefei	小廝
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	小子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	男仔, 男仔頭, 細路仔
	Hong Kong	男仔, 細路仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	男仔
	Macau	男仔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	男仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	男仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	男仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	男仔
	Foshan	男仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	男仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	男仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	男仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	男仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	男仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	男仔
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	男仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	男仔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	男仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	男仔
	Taishan	男仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	男仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	男仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	男仔
	Dongguan	男仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	男子仔
	Qingyuan	男仔
	Fogang	男仔
	Yingde (Hanguang)	男仔
	Yangshan	男仔
	Lianshan (Butian)	男細仔
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	男仔
	Shaoguan	男仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	男仔
	Renhua	男仔
	Lechang	男仔
	Yangjiang	仔
	Nanning	男仔
	Dongxing	儂仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	男仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	男仔
Gan	Nanchang	崽哩子, 崽哩, 男崽子
	Pengze	男妹
	Lichuan	伢兒
	Pingxiang	倈牯, 倈仔, 倈
Hakka	Meixian	細倈仔, 細哥仔, 細阿哥仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	男仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	僬仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老哥仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	男仔
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	男仔
	Yudu	倈子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細倈仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細倈仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細倈仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細倈
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細倈仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	囝子
Jin	Taiyuan	男娃娃, 小子, 小後生
	Xinzhou	小小子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	丈夫囝仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	丈夫囝, 男囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	丈夫囡仔
	Quanzhou	丈夫囡仔
	Zhangzhou	丈夫囡仔
	Taipei	丈夫囡仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	丈夫囡仔
	Kaohsiung	丈夫囡仔
	Yilan	丈夫囡仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	丈夫囡仔
	Taichung	丈夫囡仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	丈夫囡仔
	Tainan	丈夫囡仔
	Taitung	丈夫囡仔
	Hsinchu	丈夫囡仔
	Kinmen	丈夫囡仔
	Penghu (Magong)	丈夫囡仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	丈夫囡仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	丈夫囡仔
	Chaozhou	丈夫囝
	Shantou	丈夫囝
	Jieyang	丈夫囝
	Lufeng	丈夫囡仔
	Haifeng	丈夫囡仔
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	丈夫囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	丈夫囝
	Leizhou	丈夫囝, 男囝
	Wenchang	公爹囝
	Haikou	丈夫囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	男囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	男崽
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	子子
Wu	Shanghai	男小囡, 男囡頭, 男小娃兒, 男小人
	Shanghai (Chongming)	男小囡, 男小官, 猴子
	Suzhou	男小干, 小干兒
	Danyang	兒子家, 老小, 老小家
	Hangzhou	男伢兒
	Ningbo	小娃兒, 小娃兒頭, 男小娃兒, 娃兒
	Wenzhou	男兒, 兒
	Jinhua	男小個
Xiang	Changsha	伢子, 伢崽子
	Loudi	伢唧, 伢粒, 伢人細唧
	Shuangfeng	伢唧, 細伢唧

• (scholar): 童生 (tóngshēng)

Derived terms

• 上清童子 (shàngqīng tóngzǐ)
• 善才童子
• 女童子軍／女童子军
• 尼童子
• 童子之身
• 童子崗／童子岗
• 童子癆／童子痨 (tóngzǐláo)
• 童子試／童子试
• 童子軍／童子军 (tóngzǐjūn)
• 童子軍節／童子军节
• 童子雞／童子鸡 (tóngzǐjī)

 

See also

• 孩子 (háizi)
• 小孩 (xiǎohái), 小孩兒／小孩儿 (xiǎoháir)
• 小孩子家 (xiǎoháizijiā)
• (Hokkien) 囡仔 (gín-á)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâng-chí

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâng-chí
    • Tâi-lô: tâng-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dangcie
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/

Noun

童子

1. (Southern Min) wizard; sorcerer
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) child medium

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
童	子
どう Grade: 3	し > じ Grade: 1
kan'yōon	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
童児

Chinese 童子 (tóngzǐ)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーじ [dóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːʑi]

Noun

童(どう)子(じ) • (dōji) 

1. Synonym of 子供 (kodomo, “child”) (person who has not yet reached adulthood)

   Hyponyms: 童女 (dōjo), 童男 (dōnan)

2. a boy retainer who follows his noble master around
3. (Buddhism, mythology) a boy retainer who follows his buddha, bodhisattva or wisdom king around
4. (Buddhism) a boy between 8 and 20 years of age who studies scriptures and runs errands in a temple without actually being a practicing monk
5. a type of Noh mask with the face of a boy

See also

• 酒(しゅ)呑(てん)童(どう)子(じ) (Shuten Dōji)
• 善(ぜん)財(ざい)童(どう)子(じ) (Zenzai Dōji)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
童	子
わらし
Grade: 3	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Noun

童子(わらし) • (warashi) 

1. Alternative spelling of 童 (warashi, “child”) (person who has not yet reached adulthood)

See also

• 座(ざ)敷(しき)童(わら)子(し) (zashiki warashi)