兒嬉

Chinese

		son; child; diminutive suffix	amusement
trad. (兒嬉)		兒	嬉
simp. (儿嬉)		儿	嬉
alternative forms		兒戲／儿戏 Cantonese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): érxī

(Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ hei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: érxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: érsi
  - Wade–Giles: êrh²-hsi¹
  - Yale: ér-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlshi
  - Palladius: эрси (ersi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ hei¹
  - Yale: yìh hēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ hei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ héi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ hei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

兒嬉

(literary) trifling matter; child's play
- 天工變化誰得知，我亦兒嬉作小詩。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  天工变化谁得知，我亦儿嬉作小诗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 11th century, Su Shi, 蠟梅一首贈趙景貺
  Tiāngōng biànhuà shéi dézhī, wǒ yì érxī zuò xiǎo shī. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

兒戲／儿戏 (érxì)

Adjective

兒嬉

(Cantonese) frivolous; not earnest; careless; unreliable; not serious
(Cantonese) fragile; liable to break