小孩

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	child
simp. and trad. (小孩)		小	孩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎohái

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² haai⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-hài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎohái → xiǎohai (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄞˊ → ㄒㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄏㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau.hair
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xaɪ̯³⁵/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ xaɪ̯⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (小孩兒／小孩儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎoháir
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄞˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauharl
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xɑɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² haai⁴
  - Yale: síu hàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² haai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² hai⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ häːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-hài
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu` haiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ hai²
  - IPA: /seu̯³¹ hai̯¹¹/

Noun

小孩

child (person who has not yet reached adulthood); children; kid (Classifier: 個／个)
寵壞的小孩 / 宠坏的小孩 ― chǒnghuài de xiǎohái ― spoilt kid

黑人小孩 ― hēirén xiǎohái ― black child

一個懂事聽話的小孩 [MSC, trad.]
一个懂事听话的小孩 [MSC, simp.]
yī ge dǒngshì tīnghuà de xiǎohái [Pinyin]
a good, sensible kid

萬聖節裝扮不是大人的專利，那些拍門討糖果的小孩裝扮也可以十分出色！ [MSC, trad.]
万圣节装扮不是大人的专利，那些拍门讨糖果的小孩装扮也可以十分出色！ [MSC, simp.]
Wànshèngjié zhuāngbàn bùshì dàrén de zhuānlì, nàxiē pāi mén tǎo tángguǒ de xiǎohái zhuāngbàn yě kěyǐ shífēn chūsè! [Pinyin]
Halloween costumes are not just for adults - the costumes of children who ask for candy can also be extraordinary!
child (someone's son or daughter, regardless of age); children; kid (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小孩 (“child; kid”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		子, 孩, 童
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兒童, 小孩, 孩子, 小孩子, 小朋友, 小童, 孩童
Mandarin	Beijing	小孩兒
	Taiwan	小孩, 小孩子
	Tianjin	小孩兒
	Jinan	小孩兒, 孩子
	Xi'an	娃, 碎娃
	Wuhan	伢, 小伢
	Chengdu	娃兒, 小娃兒, 娃娃, 小娃娃, 小人
	Yangzhou	霞子, 小霞子
	Hefei	小霞子, 伢子, 小伢子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	細路, 細路仔, 細路哥, 細蚊仔
	Hong Kong	細路, 細路仔, 細路哥, 細蚊仔
	Foshan	細蚊仔, 細路仔
	Shunde	細佬哥
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	細蚊仔
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	細路仔
	Doumen	細佬哥
	Taishan	細民仔, 細佬哥
	Kaiping (Chikan)	細民仔
	Dongguan	細蚊仔
	Shaoguan	細路哥, 細紋仔
	Yunfu	細佬哥
	Yangjiang	細文仔, 細仔
	Xinyi	儂
	Lianjiang	細紋仔, 細路仔
Gan	Nanchang	細人子, 細伢子
Hakka	Meixian	細人仔, 細拐仔
	Xingning	細仔子
	Huidong	阿焦仔
	Qujiang	細人子
	Xiaosanjiang	細佬仔
	Changting	細人哩
	Pingyu	細人子
	Wuping	細人子
	Liancheng	細人子
	Ninghua	大細子
	Yudu	細人子
	Ruijin	細人子
	Shicheng	大細子
	Shangyou	細伢子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細人仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	細人仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	細人仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	細人
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	細人仔, 細子人
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	細子, 細子人
Jin	Taiyuan	娃娃, 小娃娃
Min Bei	Jian'ou	囝仔人
Min Dong	Fuzhou	伲囝, 伲囝哥
Min Nan	Xiamen	囡仔, 囡仔人, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔
	Quanzhou	囡仔, 囡仔人, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔
	Zhangzhou	囡仔, 囡仔人, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔
	Taipei	囡仔
	Kaohsiung	囡仔, 囡仔人, 囡仔囝
	Tainan	囡仔, 囡仔人, 囡仔囝
	Taichung	囡仔
	Hsinchu	囡仔
	Lukang	囡仔
	Sanxia	囡仔
	Yilan	囡仔
	Kinmen	囡仔
	Magong	囡仔
	Penang	囡仔, 囡仔人, 囡仔囝, 囝
	Philippines (Manila)	囡仔
	Chaozhou	孥囝
Wu	Shanghai	小囡, 小人, 囡
	Suzhou	小幹, 小人
	Wenzhou	細兒, 小細兒, 娒, 娒娒
Xiang	Changsha	細伢子, 細人子, 伢妹子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	細人基

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