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
Gan (Wiktionary): eo⁴ nyy
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yì-ńg

(Hailu, HRS): rhi ng^ˊ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lî-lú / lî-lír / jî-lí

(Teochew, Peng'im): ri⁵ neng²

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
  - Yale: yìh néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ nêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ nɵy̯¹³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: eo⁴ nyy
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɵ³⁵ n̠ʲy²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-ńg
  - Hakka Romanization System: i^ˇ ng^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi² ng³
  - Sinological IPA: /i¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-ńg
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˇ ng^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi² ng³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhi ng^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒi⁵⁵ ŋ²⁴/
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/

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/	/ɳɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛ/	/ɳiɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjɛ/	/niɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiə̆/	/ɳɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ȵie/	/niɔ^X/
Wang Li	/ȵʑǐe/	/nĭo^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑie̯/	/ni̯wo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ér	nǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji⁴	neoi⁵

Noun

兒女

(literally) son and daughter; sons and daughters
(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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	兒女, 孩子
	Taiwan	兒女, 孩子
	Harbin	子女
	Malaysia	孩子
	Singapore	孩子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	兒女, 子女, 孩子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	兒和女
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	兒女, 孩子
	Wanrong	兒女
	Xi'an	兒女, 娃
	Xining	子女, 娃娃們
	Xuzhou	子女
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	兒女
	Lanzhou	兒女
	Ürümqi	兒女, 子女
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	兒女, 子女, 娃娃些
	Wuhan	兒女, 兒子姑娘, 伢, 伢們
	Guiyang	娃娃, 娃兒
	Guilin	崽女
	Liuzhou	崽女
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	子女, 孩子
	Yangzhou	兒女, 子女, 霞子
	Nantong	侯啊丫頭
	Hefei	兒女
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
Eastern Min	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
	Jieyang	囝, 囝兒, 孥囝
	Leizhou	囝
	Haikou	囝兒, 囝
Puxian Min	Putian	囝兒
Puxian Min	Xianyou	囝兒
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