# 童子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tóngzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tung$^4$ zi$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-chṳ́
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-chú / tông-chír / tông-chí
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tóngzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tóngzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: tʻung$^2$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: túng-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngtzyy
*** Palladius: тунцзы (tunczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$桐梓 瞳子 童子
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tung$^4$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: tùhng jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tung$^4$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tung$^4$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$瞳子 童子 筒子
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-chṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: tung$^ˇ$ zii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tung$^2$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chú
*** Tâi-lô: tông-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dongzuo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chír
*** Tâi-lô: tông-tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chí
*** Tâi-lô: tông-tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dongcie
*** IPA (Philippines): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

#### Noun

童子
* (literary) child, especially a boy
* (obsolete) scholar who has not passed the county level imperial exam

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 童子 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 男孩, 男孩子, 男童 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 男孩兒, 小子, 兒花兒, 男花兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 男孩子, 男孩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 男孩兒, 小子, 學生, 小小子 young, 小小兒 young |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 男孩子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 小廝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 小廝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 小廝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 小廝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 小廝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小子, 小小兒 young, 末末丟子 young, 末子 young, 小末子 young |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 小扫兒️ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 小廝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 小廝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 小廝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 小廝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 小廝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 小廝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 小廝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 男孩兒, 小子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 小子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 男孩兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 娃子, 娃子娃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 嘎子, 滿灘跑 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 娃子, 男娃娃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 兒娃子, 男娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 男娃子, 男娃娃, 男娃兒, 兒娃子, 兒娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 男伢, 兒子伢, 兒伢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 男娃娃, 男娃兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 男把爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 奶崽家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 男娃崽, 男崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 小兒子, 漢子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 小兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 兒子, 漢子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 男娃兒, 男娃, 男孩兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 男霞子, 小伙, 小老爹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 小伙家 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 小廝 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 小子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 男仔, 男仔頭, 細路仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 男仔, 細路仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 男子仔 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 男細仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongxing | 儂仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 男仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 崽哩子, 崽哩, 男崽子 |
| Gan | Pengze | 男妹 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 伢兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 倈牯, 倈仔, 倈 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細倈仔, 細哥仔, 細阿哥仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 男仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 僬仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老哥仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 男仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 男仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細倈仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細倈仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 細倈仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 細倈 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 細倈仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 囝子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 男娃娃, 小子, 小後生 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 小小子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 丈夫囝仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 丈夫囝, 男囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 丈夫囝, 男囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 公爹囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 丈夫囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 男囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 男崽 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 子子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 男小囡, 男囡頭, 男小娃兒, 男小人 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 男小囡, 男小官, 猴子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 男小干, 小干兒 |
| Wu | Danyang | 兒子家, 老小, 老小家 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 男伢兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小娃兒, 小娃兒頭, 男小娃兒, 娃兒 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 男兒, 兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 男小個 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 伢子, 伢崽子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 伢唧, 伢粒, 伢人細唧 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 伢唧, 細伢唧 |
* (scholar): 童生 (tóngshēng)

##### Derived terms

* 上清童子 (shàngqīng tóngzǐ)
* 善才童子
* 女童子軍／女童子军
* 尼童子
* 童子之身
* 童子崗／童子岗
* 童子癆／童子痨 (tóngzǐláo)
* 童子試／童子试
* 童子軍／童子军 (tóngzǐjūn)
* 童子軍節／童子军节
* 童子雞／童子鸡 (tóngzǐjī)

#### See also

* 孩子 (háizi)
* 小孩 (xiǎohái), 小孩兒／小孩儿 (xiǎoháir)
* 小孩子家 (xiǎoháizijiā)
* (Hokkien) 囡仔 (gín-á)

### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâng-chí
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâng-chí
*** Tâi-lô: tâng-tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dangcie
*** IPA (Taipei): /taŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/

#### Noun

童子
* (Southern Min) wizard; sorcerer
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) child medium

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 童 | 子 |
| どう Grade: 3 | し > じ Grade: 1 |
| kan'yōon | on'yomi |
* Alternative spelling
* 童児
Chinese 童子 (tóngzǐ)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) どーじ [dóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [do̞ːʑi]

#### Noun

童(どう)子(じ) • (dōji)
* Synonym of 子供 (kodomo, “child”) (person who has not yet reached adulthood)
    Hyponyms: 童女 (dōjo), 童男 (dōnan)
* a boy retainer who follows his noble master around
* (Buddhism, mythology) a boy retainer who follows his buddha, bodhisattva or wisdom king around
* (Buddhism) a boy between 8 and 20 years of age who studies scriptures and runs errands in a temple without actually being a practicing monk
* a type of Noh mask with the face of a boy

#### See also

* 酒(しゅ)呑(てん)童(どう)子(じ) (Shuten Dōji)
* 善(ぜん)財(ざい)童(どう)子(じ) (Zenzai Dōji)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 童 | 子 |
| わらし ||
| Grade: 3 | Grade: 1 |
| jukujikun ||

#### Noun

童子(わらし) • (warashi)
* Alternative spelling of 童 (warashi, “child”) (person who has not yet reached adulthood)

#### See also

* 座(ざ)敷(しき)童(わら)子(し) (zashiki warashi)