娘兒倆

Chinese

			(a numeral-measure word) two; both
trad. (娘兒倆)		娘兒	倆
simp. (娘儿俩)		娘儿	俩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niángrliǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄤˊㄦ ㄌㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noeng⁴ ji⁴ loeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niángrliǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄤˊㄦ ㄌㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niángrliǎ
    • Wade–Giles: niang²-ʼrh-lia³
    • Yale: nyángr-lyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niangllea
    • Palladius: нянрля (njanrlja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑ̃ɻ³⁵ li̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noeng⁴ ji⁴ loeng⁵
    • Yale: nèuhng yìh léuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noeng⁴ ji⁴ loeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêng⁴ yi⁴ lêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nœːŋ²¹ jiː²¹ lœːŋ¹³/

Noun

娘兒倆

1. mother and child; mother and son

Synonyms

• 仔乸 (zai² naa²) (Cantonese)
• 兩仔乸／两仔乸 (loeng⁵ zai² naa²) (Cantonese)
• 兩娘崽／两娘崽 (lian³ nyian² zai³) (Xiang)
• 兩子哀／两子哀 (Hakka)
• 兩母囝／两母囝 (Teochew)
• 娘兒／娘儿
• 娘兒們／娘儿们 (niángrmen)
• 娘嬭囝／娘奶囝 (niòng-nā̤-giāng) (Eastern Min, Puxian Min)
• 子哀 (Hakka)
• 母仔囝 (Hokkien)
• 母囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 母子 (mǔzǐ)
• 老媽囝／老妈囝 (sē-mǎ-gṳǐng) (Northern Min)