星兒

星兒

1. Erhua form of 星 (xīng, “speck; very small thing”).

星兒

1. (poetic or dialectal) Diminutive of 星 (xīng, “star”).
   • (Can we date this quote?), “星星知我心”, 文夏 [Wen Hsia] (music):

     星兒是全部會知影 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     星儿是全部会知影 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chhiⁿ-lî sī choân-pō͘ ē chai-iáⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The stars know everything

   • 1979, “夜曲 [yèqǔ]”, 林煌坤 (lyrics)‎^[1]performed by 費玉清 [Fei Yu-ching]:

     靜靜的夜半裡　天邊星兒依稀 [MSC, trad.]
     静静的夜半里　天边星儿依稀 [MSC, simp.]

     jìngjìng de yèbàn lǐ, tiānbiān xīng'ér yīxī [Pinyin]

     In the quiet midnight, the stars in the sky are dim

   • 2003, “決心 [juéxīn]”‎^[2]performed by 郭桂彬:

     只有寂寞　無人祝福　抬頭看星兒 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     只有寂寞　无人祝福　抬头看星儿 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chí-ū siok-bo̍k, bô lâng chiok-hok, gia̍h-thâu khòaⁿ chheⁿ-lî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     There is only loneliness, no one is wishing me well, I lift my head to look at the stars

   • 2004, “到底要按怎”, 李岩修 (lyrics)‎^[3]performed by 徐嘉良 [Galon Hsu]:

     星兒不知影　月也無聽 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     星儿不知影　月也无听 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chhiⁿ-lî m̄ chai-iáⁿ, goe̍h iā bô thiaⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The stars do not know, and the moon is not listening

   • 2009, “星月晚安曲”, 林青云 (lyrics)‎^[4]performed by 兆又昇:

     月兒彎彎　星兒閃閃 [MSC, trad.]
     月儿弯弯　星儿闪闪 [MSC, simp.]

     yuè'ér wānwān, xīng'ér shǎnshǎn [Pinyin]

     The moon is curvy, the stars are shimmering

   • 2022, “新的新的世界 [A Whole New World]”, Serrini [Serrini] (lyrics)‎^[5]performed by Serrini [Serrini] and 楊彤 [Yeung Tung]:

     讓滿天星兒吻面上 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     让满天星儿吻面上 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     joeng⁶ mun⁵ tin¹ sing¹ ji⁴ man⁵ min⁶ soeng⁶ [Jyutping]

     Let the stars peck kisses on our cheeks

short for 星星的孩子 (xīngxīng de háizi, “autistic child”)

星兒

1. autistic child

• 星星的孩子 (xīngxīng de háizi)