# 子女
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zǐnǚ
    (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄋㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^2$ neoi$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-ńg
    (Hailu, HRS): zii$^ˊ$ ng$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zi$^3$ n$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú-lú / chír-lír / chú-lí
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zǐnǚ [Phonetic: zínǚ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄋㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhnyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^3$-nü$^3$
*** Yale: dž-nyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyneu
*** Palladius: цзынюй (czynjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^2$ neoi$^5$
*** Yale: jí néuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^2$ noey$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^2$ nêu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³⁵ nɵy̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-ńg
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii$^ˋ$ ng$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^3$ ng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ ŋ̍³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii$^ˊ$ ng$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴⁻³³ ŋ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zi$^3$ n$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩³¹ n̩³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-lú
*** Tâi-lô: tsú-lú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zwluo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír-lír
*** Tâi-lô: tsír-lír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-lí
*** Tâi-lô: tsú-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zwlie
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/

### Noun

子女
* sons and daughters; children
    未成年子女 ― wèichéngnián zǐnǚ ― non-adult children
    子女撫養費／子女抚养费 ― zǐnǚ fǔyǎngfèi ― child support
       zǐnǚ zuìjiā lìyì yuánzé [Pinyin]
       child's best interests
       Zǐnǚ wǔnì bùxiào shízài lìng fùmǔ hánxīn. [Pinyin]
       Wayward children who are unfilial are a disappointment to their parents.

#### Synonyms

* (literary) 人子 (rénzǐ)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 兒女, 子女, 孩兒, 孩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 兒女, 孩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 兒女, 孩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 子女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 孩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 孩子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 兒女, 子女, 孩子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 兒和女 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 兒女, 孩子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 兒女 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 兒女, 娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 子女, 娃娃們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 子女 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 兒女 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 兒女 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 兒女, 子女 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 兒女, 子女, 娃娃些 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 兒女, 兒子姑娘, 伢, 伢們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 娃娃, 娃兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 崽女 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 崽女 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 子女, 孩子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 兒女, 子女, 霞子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 侯啊丫頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 兒女 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 仔女 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 仔女 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 仔女 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 仔女, 仔妹 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 仔女 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 仔女 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 崽女, 兒女 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 崽女 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 崽女 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 子女, 細人仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 子女, 小鬼 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 子女, 子兒, 子息 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 子女 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 子女, 子兒, 子息 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 子女, 子兒, 倈妹, 子息 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 子女, 子兒, 子息 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 子兒, 子女 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 細佬哥 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 兒子女 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 兒女, 娃娃 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 孩兒, 孩兒們 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 子女, 子弟, 子孫, 子顆 derogatory, 子秧 derogatory |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 囝仔, 囝姩 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 囝兒, 男女囝, 囝, 兒囝, 兒囝哥 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 囝兒 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 囝兒 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 囝兒 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 囝兒 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 囝兒 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 囝, 囝兒 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 囝兒 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 囝兒 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 囝兒, 兒女, 子女, 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 囝, 囝兒, 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 囝兒, 囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 男女, 崽女 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 子女, 大細, 囡大細 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 男女 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 兒子囡兒, 小人, 大細 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 佬小 |
| Wu | Danyang | 子女, 兒女 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 兒女 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 兒囡, 兒子囡, 子女 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 男女, 男兒女兒, 男兼女, 子女, 細兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 兒囡 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 崽女 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 崽女 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 崽女, 崽 |

#### Derived terms

* 繼子女／继子女 (jìzǐnǚ)
* 非婚生子女 (fēihūnshēng zǐnǚ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 子女(しじょ) (shijo)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 子 | 女 |
| し Grade: 1 | じょ Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しじょ [shíꜜjò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɕiʑo̞]

### Noun

子(し)女(じょ) • (shijo)
* sons and daughters; children
* Synonym of 女子 (joshi, “girl”)

### See also

* 子(こ) (ko, “child; boy; male; girl”)
* 女(め) (me, “female”)
* 息(むす)子(こ) (musuko, “son”)
* 娘(むすめ) (musume, “daughter”)
* 娘(こ) (ko, “girl”)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN