# 兒女
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): érnǚ
       (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄋㄩˇ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): эрнү (ernü, I-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^4$ neoi$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): eo$^4$ nyy
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yì-ńg
    (Hailu, HRS): rhi ng$^ˊ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lî-lú / lî-lír / jî-lí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ri$^5$ neng$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: érnǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄋㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: érnyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: êrh$^2$-nü$^3$
*** Yale: ér-nyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlneu
*** Palladius: эрнюй (ernjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤɻ³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: эрнү (ernü, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɛɻ²⁴ ny⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^4$ neoi$^5$
*** Yale: yìh néuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^4$ noey$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^4$ nêu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː²¹ nɵy̯¹³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: eo$^4$ nyy
*** Sinological IPA : /ɵ³⁵ n̠ʲy²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-ńg
*** Hakka Romanization System: i$^ˇ$ ng$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^2$ ng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /i¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-ńg
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)i$^ˇ$ ng$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^2$ ng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rhi ng$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒi⁵⁵ ŋ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-lú
*** Tâi-lô: lî-lú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liluo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-lír
*** Tâi-lô: lî-lír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴⁻²² lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-lí
*** Tâi-lô: jî-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jilie
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³⁻²² li⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ri$^5$ neng$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jî nṳ́ng
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nɯŋ⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: nye nrjoX
Rime :
| Character | 兒 | 女 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 汝移切 | 尼吕切 |
| Baxter | nye | nrjoX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiᴇ/ | /ɳɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɛ/ | /ɳiɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjɛ/ | /niɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵiə̆/ | /ɳɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵie/ | /niɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑǐe/ | /nĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȵʑie̯/ | /ni̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ér | nǚ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^4$ | neoi$^5$ |

### Noun

兒女
* (literally) son and daughter; sons and daughters
* (by extension) children

#### Synonyms

| 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 |