乖乖兒

Chinese

		little dear; darling; well-behaved little dear; darling; well-behaved; obedient	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (乖乖兒)		乖乖	兒
simp. (乖乖儿)		乖乖	儿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāiguāir

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞㄍㄨㄞㄦ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāiguāir
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞㄍㄨㄞㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guaiguair
  - Wade–Giles: kuai¹-kuai¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: gwāi-gwāir
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaigual
  - Palladius: гуайгуайр (guajguajr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/

Adjective

乖乖兒

(Mandarin) Erhua form of 乖乖 (guāiguāi, “well-behaved; obedient”).
- 2000, 梁左 and 梁欢, 17:42 from the start, in 闲人马大姐, episode 2, 虞梦 (actor):
  
  乖乖儿地跟家伺候我和我爸 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]
  乖乖兒地跟家伺候我和我爸 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
  guāiguāir de gēn jiā cìhou wǒ hé wǒ bà [Pinyin]
  obediently serve me and my dad at home