兒子
See also: 儿子
Chinese
| son; child; diminutive suffix | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (兒子) | 兒 | 子 | |
| simp. (儿子) | 儿 | 子 | |
| anagram | 子兒／子儿 | ||
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6gni-tsy5 / 2gni-tsy3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: érzi
- Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: érzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: êrh2-tzŭ5
- Yale: ér-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erl.tzy
- Palladius: эрцзы (erczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: er2 zi3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rz
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɚ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
- (Dungan)
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ji4 zi2
- Yale: yìh jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji4 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: yi4 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ngei3 du2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵑɡei²² tu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-chú
- Tâi-lô: lî-tsú
- Phofsit Daibuun: lizuo
- IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-chír
- Tâi-lô: lî-tsír
- IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-chú
- Tâi-lô: jî-tsú
- Phofsit Daibuun: jizuo
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ri5 ze2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jî tsṳ́
- Sinological IPA (key): /d͡zi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Wu
Noun
兒子
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 兒子 (“son”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 男人 (“man (adult male)”) [map]
Derived terms
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: érzǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄗˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: érzǐh
- Wade–Giles: êrh2-tzŭ3
- Yale: ér-dž
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erltzyy
- Palladius: эрцзы (erczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ji4 zi2
- Yale: yìh jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji4 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: yi4 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: nye tsiX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋe [ts]əʔ|tsəʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋje ʔslɯʔ/
Noun
兒子 (Classical)
- baby; infant; newborn
- 能兒子乎？兒子終日嗥而嗌不嗄，和之至也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Néng érzǐ hū? Érzǐ zhōngrì háo ér yì bù shà, hé zhī zhì yě. [Pinyin]
- Can you become an infant? The infant will cry all the day, without its throat becoming hoarse – so perfect is the harmony (of its physical constitution).
能儿子乎？儿子终日嗥而嗌不嗄，和之至也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
- child
- 薄太后聞之，文帝免冠謝曰：「教兒子不謹。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Bó Tàihòu wén zhī, Wéndì miǎnguān xiè yuē: “Jiào érzǐ bù jǐn.” [Pinyin]
- When Empress Dowager Bo heard of it, Emperor Wen removed his hat and apologized, saying, “I have not instructed my children strictly.”
薄太后闻之，文帝免冠谢曰：「教儿子不谨。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
- Term of self-address, used by a man when speaking to elders.