兒女

See also: 儿女

Chinese

		son; child; diminutive suffix	female; woman; daughter
trad. (兒女)		兒	女
simp. (儿女)		儿	女
anagram		女兒／女儿
Literally: “sons and daughters”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): érnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄋㄩˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): эрнү (ernü, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ neoi⁵, ji⁴ neoi^5-2
• Gan (Wiktionary): eo⁴ nyy
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì-ńg
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lî-lú / lî-lír / jî-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ri⁵ neng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: érnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: érnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: êrh²-nü³
    • Yale: ér-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlneu
    • Palladius: эрнюй (ernjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: эрнү (ernü, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛɻ²⁴ ny⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ neoi⁵, ji⁴ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: yìh néuih, yìh néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ noey⁵, ji⁴ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ nêu⁵, yi⁴ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ nɵy̯¹³/, /jiː²¹ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: eo⁴ nyy
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɵ³⁵ n̠ʲy²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: iˇ ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi<sup>2</sup> ng<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi² ng³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-lú
    • Tâi-lô: lî-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-lír
    • Tâi-lô: lî-lír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴⁻²² lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-lí
    • Tâi-lô: jî-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jilie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³⁻²² li⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ri⁵ neng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jî nṳ́ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nɯŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: nye nrjoX

Rime
Character	兒	女
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	汝移切	尼吕切
Baxter	nye	nrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇ/	/ɳɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛ/	/ɳiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjɛ/	/niɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiə̆/	/ɳɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ȵie/	/niɔX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑǐe/	/nĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑie̯/	/ni̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ér	nǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4	neoi5

Noun

兒女

1. (literally) son and daughter; sons and daughters
2. (by extension) children

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 兒女 (“sons and daughters; children”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兒女, 子女, 孩兒, 孩子
Mandarin	Beijing	兒女, 孩子
	Taiwan	兒女, 孩子
	Harbin	子女
	Yantai (Muping)	兒和女
	Jinan	兒女, 子女, 孩子
	Luoyang	兒女, 孩子
	Wanrong	兒女
	Xi'an	兒女, 娃
	Yinchuan	兒女
	Lanzhou	兒女
	Xining	子女, 娃娃們
	Ürümqi	兒女, 子女
	Wuhan	兒女, 兒子姑娘, 伢, 伢們
	Chengdu	兒女, 子女, 娃娃些
	Guiyang	娃娃, 娃兒
	Guilin	崽女
	Liuzhou	崽女
	Xuzhou	子女
	Yangzhou	兒女, 子女, 霞子
	Nanjing	子女, 孩子
	Hefei	兒女
	Nantong	侯啊丫頭
	Malaysia	孩子
	Singapore	孩子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	仔女
	Hong Kong	仔女
	Dongguan	仔女
	Yangjiang	仔女, 仔妹
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	仔女
	Singapore (Guangfu)	仔女
Gan	Nanchang	崽女, 兒女
	Lichuan	崽女
	Pingxiang	崽女
Hakka	Meixian	子女, 細人仔
	Yudu	子女, 小鬼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	子女, 子兒, 子息
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	子女
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	子女, 子兒, 子息
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	子女, 子兒, 倈妹, 子息
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	子女, 子兒, 子息
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	子兒, 子女
	Hong Kong	細佬哥
Huizhou	Jixi	兒子女
Jin	Taiyuan	兒女, 娃娃
	Pingyao	孩兒, 孩兒們
	Xinzhou	子女, 子弟, 子孫, 子顆 derogatory, 子秧 derogatory
Northern Min	Jian'ou	囝仔, 囝姩
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	囝兒, 男女囝, 囝, 兒囝, 兒囝哥
	Matsu	囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	囝兒
	Quanzhou	囝兒
	Zhangzhou	囝兒
	Taipei	囝兒
	Kaohsiung	囝兒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	囝, 囝兒
	Manila (Hokkien)	囝兒
	Chaozhou	囝兒
	Shantou	囝兒, 兒女, 子女, 孥囝
	Leizhou	囝
	Haikou	囝兒, 囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	男女, 崽女
Wu	Shanghai	子女, 大細, 囡大細 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	男女
	Suzhou	兒子囡兒, 小人, 大細
	Wuxi	佬小
	Danyang	子女, 兒女
	Hangzhou	兒女
	Ningbo	兒囡, 兒子囡, 子女
	Wenzhou	男女, 男兒女兒, 男兼女, 子女, 細兒
	Jinhua	兒囡
Xiang	Changsha	崽女
	Loudi	崽女
	Shuangfeng	崽女, 崽