# 幼兒園
## Chinese
### Etymology

Calque of German Kindergarten.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yòu'éryuán
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ ㄦˊ ㄩㄢˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jau$^3$ ji$^4$ jyun$^{4-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yiu$^1$ ngei$^3$ yon$^{3*}$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yu$^4$ yi$^2$ yan$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): iou$^3$ er$^1$ ye$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): iū-ě̤-huîng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iù-lî-oân / iù-jî-oân / iù-jî-hn̂g / iù-lî-hn̂g
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iun$^3$ ri$^5$ hng$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ieu-gher-yoe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): iou$^4$ e$^2$ yenn$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yòu'éryuán
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ ㄦˊ ㄩㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yòu-éryuán
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^4$-êrh$^2$-yüan$^2$
*** Yale: yòu-ér-ywán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yowerlyuan
*** Palladius: юэрюань (juerjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^3$ ji$^4$ jyun$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: yau yìh yún
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^3$ ji$^4$ jyn$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^3$ yi$^4$ yun$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯³³ jiː²¹ jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yiu$^1$ ngei$^3$ yon$^{3*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiu³³ ᵑɡei²² jᵘɔn²²⁻²²⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yu$^4$ yi$^2$ yan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /iu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ i¹¹ ian¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: iou$^3$ er$^1$ ye$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /iəu⁴⁵ əɻ¹¹ ye¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iū-ě̤-huîng
*** Sinological IPA : /iu⁵⁵ œ²¹ xuiŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù-lî-oân
*** Tâi-lô: iù-lî-uân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iuoli'oaan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ li²⁴⁻²² uan²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ li²⁴⁻²² uan²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù-jî-oân
*** Tâi-lô: iù-jî-uân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iuoji'oaan
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi¹³⁻²² uan¹³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù-jî-hn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: iù-jî-hn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iuoji'hngg
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²¹⁻⁴¹ zi²³⁻³³ hŋ̍²³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù-lî-hn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: iù-lî-hn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iuoli'hngg
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ li²⁴⁻²² hŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iu¹¹⁻⁵³ li²⁴⁻¹¹ hŋ̍²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iun$^3$ ri$^5$ hng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iùⁿ jî hn̂g
*** Sinological IPA : /ĩũ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ieu-gher-yoe
*** MiniDict: ieu$^去$ r yoe
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$ieu-hher-hhyoe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɤ³³ ɦəl⁵⁵ ɦyø²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: iou$^4$ e$^2$ yenn$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /i̯əu̯⁴⁵ ɤ̞¹³ y̯ẽ¹³/

### Noun

幼兒園
* (chiefly Mainland China) kindergarten; nursery school; preschool
* (Hong Kong) nursery; pre-kindergarten

#### Synonyms

* 學前班／学前班 (xuéqiánbān)
* 幼稚園／幼稚园 (yòuzhìyuán) (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia; dated or dialectal in Mainland China)
* 幼稚班 (Malaysian Hokkien, Mandalay Taishanese)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 幼兒園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 幼稚園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 幼兒園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 幼兒園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 幼兒園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 幼兒園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 幼兒園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 幼兒園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 幼兒園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 幼兒園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 幼兒園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 幼兒園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 幼兒園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 幼兒園, 幼稚園兒 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 幼稚園 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 幼稚園 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 幼兒園 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 幼兒園 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 幼兒園 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 幼兒園 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 幼兒園 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 幼兒園兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 幼兒園 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 幼兒園 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 幼兒園, 幼兒院, 幼稚園兒 dated |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 幼兒園 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 幼兒園 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 幼兒園, 幼稚園兒 dated |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 幼兒園 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 幼兒園 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 幼兒園兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 幼兒院 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 幼兒園 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 幼兒園 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 幼兒園 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 幼兒園 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 幼兒園 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 幼兒園 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 幼兒園 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 幼兒園 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 幼兒園兒, 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 幼兒園 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 幼兒園 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 幼兒園 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 幼兒園 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 幼兒園 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 幼兒園 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 幼兒園 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 幼兒園 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 幼兒園 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 幼兒園 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 幼兒園 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 幼兒園 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 幼兒園 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 幼兒園 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幼稚園 kindergarten, 幼兒園 nursery |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 幼兒園 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 幼兒園 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 幼稚班 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幼稚園 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 幼兒園 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幼稚園, 幼兒園 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 幼稚園 dated |
| Hakka | Yudu | 幼兒園 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 幼稚園 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 幼稚園 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 幼稚園 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 幼稚園 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 幼稚園 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 幼稚園 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 幼稚園 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 幼兒園 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 幼兒園, 幼兒院 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 幼兒園 |
| Jin | Datong | 幼兒園 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 幼兒園 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 幼兒園 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 幼兒園 |
| Jin | Linhe | 幼兒園 |
| Jin | Jining | 幼兒園 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 幼兒園 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 幼兒院 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 幼兒園 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 幼兒園 |
| Jin | Handan | 幼兒院 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 幼兒園 |
| Jin | Suide | 幼兒園 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 幼稚園 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 幼稚園, 幼兒園 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 幼稚園, 幼兒園 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 幼稚園, 幼兒園 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 幼兒園 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 幼稚班 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 幼稚班 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 幼稚園 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 幼兒園 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 幼兒園 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 幼兒院, 幼兒園 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 幼稚園, 幼兒園 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 幼兒院 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 幼兒園 |
| Wu | Danyang | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 幼兒園 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated |
| Wu | Jinhua | 幼兒班, 幼稚院 dated |
| Xiang | Changsha | 幼兒園 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 幼兒園 |