童子尿

Chinese

		child, especially a boy; scholar who has not passed the county level imperial exam	urinate; urine
simp. and trad. (童子尿)		童子	尿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngzǐniào

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ ㄋㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ zi² niu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngzǐniào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ ㄋㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngzǐhniào
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-tzŭ³-niao⁴
    • Yale: túng-dž-nyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngtzyyniaw
    • Palladius: тунцзыняо (tunczynjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ zi² niu⁶
    • Yale: tùhng jí niuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ dzi² niu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ ji² niu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵ niːu̯²²/

Noun

童子尿

1. urine of a boy under the age of 12 (or 10 according to some sources), said to be of medicinal value according to traditional Chinese medicine

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 童便 (“urine of a boy (TCM)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		童便
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	童子尿
Cantonese	Hong Kong	童子尿
Southern Min	Xiamen	囡仔尿
	Leizhou	儂囝尿
Wu	Shanghai	童便
	Suzhou	童便