子兒

See also: 子儿

Chinese
 
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
 son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (子兒) 子 兒
simp. (子儿) 子 儿
anagram 兒子／儿子

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

子兒

  1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 子 (zǐ, “seed”).
  2. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 子 (zǐ, “egg; ovum”).
  3. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 子 (zǐ, “something small and hard”).
  4. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 子 (zǐ, “copper coin; penny”).
    我一個子兒都沒有。 [MSC, trad.]
    我一个子儿都没有。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ yī ge zǐr dōu méiyǒu. [Pinyin]
    I don't have even a bit of money.
    就他，一年到頭兒，能掙幾個子兒？ [MSC, trad.]
    就他，一年到头儿，能挣几个子儿？ [MSC, simp.]
    Jiù tā, yī nián dàotóur, néng zhèng jǐ ge zǐr? [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this example)
Derived terms

Classifier

子兒

  1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 子 (zǐ, “bundle (of something long and thin)”).
    一子兒掛麵 / 一子儿挂面  ―  yī zǐr guàmiàn  ―  a bundle of dried noodles

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

子兒

  1. (Hakka) children
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 兒女 (“sons and daughters; children”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 兒女, 子女
Mandarin Beijing 兒女, 孩子
Taiwan 兒女, 孩子
Jinan 兒女, 孩子
Xi'an 兒女, 娃
Wuhan 兒女, 兒子姑娘, 伢, 伢們
Chengdu 兒女, 娃娃些
Yangzhou 兒女, 霞子
Hefei 兒女
Cantonese Guangzhou 仔女
Hong Kong 仔女
Dongguan 仔女
Yangjiang 仔女, 仔妹
Gan Nanchang 崽女
Hakka Meixian 子女
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 子女, 子兒
Liudui (S. Sixian) 子女
Hsinchu (Hailu) 子女, 子兒
Dongshi (Dabu) 子女, 子兒
Hsinchu (Raoping) 子女, 子兒
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 子兒, 子女
Jin Taiyuan 兒女, 娃娃
Min Bei Jian'ou 囝仔
Min Dong Fuzhou 囝兒, 囝
Matsu 囝
Min Nan Xiamen 囝兒
Quanzhou 囝兒
Zhangzhou 囝兒
Taipei 囝兒
Kaohsiung 囝兒
Chaozhou 囝兒
Wu Shanghai 大細, 子女, 囡大細 dated
Suzhou 兒子囡兒, 小人, 大細
Wenzhou 男女, 男兒女兒, 細兒
Xiang Changsha 崽女
Shuangfeng 崽女, 崽
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