爾爾

Chinese

		thus; so; like that thus; so; like that; you; thou	thus; so; like that thus; so; like that; you; thou
trad. (爾爾)		爾	爾
simp. (尔尔)		尔	尔

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ěr'ěr

(Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄦˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ ji⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ěr'ěr [Phonetic: érěr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄦˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eeleel
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ ji⁵
  - Yale: yíh yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ yi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ jiː¹³/

Adjective

爾爾

(literary) so-so (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

不過爾爾／不过尔尔 (bùguò'ěr'ěr)

聊復爾爾／聊复尔尔

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): niā-niā / nā-niā / nǐ-liǎ

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niā-niā
  - Tâi-lô: niā-niā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niaxnia
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /niã²²⁻²¹ niã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /niã³³⁻¹¹ niã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /niã³³⁻²¹ niã³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nā-niā
  - Tâi-lô: nā-niā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: naxnia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nã²²⁻²¹ niã²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǐ-liǎ
  - Tâi-lô: nǐ-liǎ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²² lia²²/

Particle

爾爾

(Min Nan) Modal particle at the end of a phrase: just; simply; that's all; nothing more; is all

Synonyms

而已 (éryǐ)
nā-tiāⁿ

Further reading

“Entry #10687”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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