# 兒

| 兒 | U+5152, &#20818; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5152 |
| ← 兑 [U+5151] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 兓 → [U+5153] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 兒 |
| Shinjitai | 児 |
| Simplified | 儿 |

### Han character

兒 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹難竹山 (HXHU), four-corner 7721$_7$, composition ⿱臼儿)

#### Derived characters

* 倪, 唲, 堄, 婗, 𡸣, 𢏱, 掜, 淣, 猊, 𨺙, 晲, 棿, 𤊓, 𤦤, 𫀗, 腉, 𮍩, 𤾆, 睨, 𥓋, 䘽, 𭘉, 䋩, 䍲, 聣, 𦩊, 蜺, 𦦃, 觬, 誽(𰵵), 貎, 輗(𫐐), 𫒪, 𠆔, 𰃓, 䮘, 𩩢, 鯢(鲵), 鶃(𱊄), 𪕨, 齯(𫠜), 𦦿
* 𫐰, 𡮅, 郳, 𫻻, 㪒, 𣣉, 𧡎, 鶂(𱊈/𬷼), 𠓔, 𡥲, 𬎸, 𠒰, 𭀹, 𡸢, 萖, 𦋌, 𤾇, 𮅙, 𠒯, 𮍜, 霓, 𪓬(𱌅), 𠩫, 𭙢, 𤷅, 麑, 䦧(阋), 鬩

#### Related characters

* 児 (Japanese shinjitai, also a variant form)
* 儿 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 125, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1365
* Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 272, character 5
* Unihan data for U+5152

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 兒 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). ||||||
| | Old Chinese |
| 掜 | *rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ |
| 誽 | *rŋeː |
| 倪 | *ŋeː |
| 蜺 | *ŋeː, *ŋeː |
| 霓 | *ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː |
| 郳 | *ŋeː |
| 齯 | *ŋeː |
| 婗 | *ŋeː |
| 輗 | *ŋeː |
| 棿 | *ŋeː |
| 猊 | *ŋeː |
| 麑 | *ŋeː |
| 貎 | *ŋeː |
| 鯢 | *ŋeː |
| 兒 | *ŋeː, *ŋje |
| 觬 | *ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ |
| 堄 | *ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs |
| 晲 | *ŋeːʔ |
| 睨 | *ŋeːs |
| 唲 | *ŋje |
| 隉 | *ŋeːd |
| 鶂 | *ŋeːɡ |
| 鬩 | *ɦŋeːɡ |
Pictogram (象形): an infant with an imperfect cranium (i.e. fontanelle).

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-ŋa-j (“small; inferior; offspring”) (STEDT). Cognate with Burmese ငယ် (ngai, “little; young”), Jingpho shangai (ʃă³¹ ŋai³¹, “to give birth”).
According to Schuessler (2007), it may be an area word; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ŋa(i)k (“baby”), Proto-Bahnaric *ŋaː (“baby”), Khmer ង៉ា (ngaa, “infant; baby”). The word is also cognate with 倪 (OC *ŋeː, “small and weak”). 伢 is the southern dialectal form of 兒 (MC nye, “child; son”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): ér (er$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): er$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): эр (er, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ji$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngei$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): eo$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yì
    (Hailu, HRS): rhi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yi$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): er$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ě̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): niè / ì
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lî / jî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ri$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gni; $^6$ng; $^6$gher
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): e$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ér
*** Zhuyin: ㄦˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ér
*** Wade–Giles: êrh$^2$
*** Yale: ér
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erl
*** Palladius: эр (er)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤɻ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: er$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: r
*** Sinological IPA : /ɚ²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: эр (er, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɛɻ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^4$
*** Yale: yìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡei²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: eo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɵ³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
*** Hakka Romanization System: i$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)i$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rhi
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒi⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: er$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /əɻ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ě̤
*** Sinological IPA : /œ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: niè / ì
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡie⁵³/, /i⁵³/
* niè - vernacular (often written as 伲);
* ì - literary.
* Middle Chinese: nye
Rime :
| Character | 兒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 汝移切 |
| Baxter | nye |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵie/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑǐe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ér |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋe/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋje/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 兒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | ér |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nye › |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋe/ |
| English | child |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 兒 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 2757 |
| Phonetic component | 兒 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 兒 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋje/ |

#### Definitions

兒
* (now in compounds) child
    兒童／儿童 ― értóng ― child
    嬰兒／婴儿 ― yīng'ér ― infant child; baby
* one's own child; son
    兒孫／儿孙 ― érsūn ― child(ren) and grandchild(ren)
    妻兒／妻儿 ― qī'ér ― wife and child(ren)
    一兒一女／一儿一女 ― yī ér yī nǚ ― one son and one daughter
* (now in compounds) (male) adolescent
    健兒／健儿 ― jiàn'ér ― good athlete
    From: 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 《雜興三首》
    Suì xí gōngzhōng nǚ, jiē rú mǎ shàng ér. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (attributive, of animals) male
    兒馬／儿马 ― érmǎ ― male horse
* Non-syllabic noun diminutive suffix.
    盆兒／盆儿 ― pénr ― small basin
    小狗兒／小狗儿 ― xiǎogǒur ― puppy
* Suffix after nouns that does not indicate diminutiveness.
    味兒／味儿 ― wèir ― taste
    汁兒／汁儿 ― zhīr ― juice
    電影兒／电影儿 ― diànyǐngr ― film
* Suffix added to some verbs or adjectives to form nouns.
    吃兒／吃儿 ― chīr ― food; something to eat
    亮兒／亮儿 ― liàngr ― light
    尖兒／尖儿 ― jiānr ― tip
    短兒／短儿 ― duǎnr ― fault
* Suffix after a limited number of verbs.
    玩兒／玩儿 ― wánr ― to play
    火兒／火儿 ― huǒr ― to be angry
* Suffix after certain nouns that result in a different meaning from the unsuffixed form.
    頭兒／头儿 ― tóur ― chief; leader
    白麵兒／白面儿 ― báimiànr ― heroin
    老家兒／老家儿 ― lǎojiār ― one's elders
* Suffix after reduplicated adjectives.
    慢慢兒／慢慢儿 ― mànmānr ― slowly

##### Usage notes

* 儿 may be used to specially write erhua (or the rhotic sound) in traditional Chinese, in contrast with 兒／儿 (ér, “child”).
** 1950, 林濤 (Lin Tao), 定型化新文字 [Dingshinghua Sin Wenz], 2nd edition, 生活·讀書·新知三聯書店:
    有人把拉丁化新文字的方案跟寫法看做神聖不可侵犯的東西，不准有一點儿改變 […]There are some who believe that the Latinxua Sin Wenz scheme and spelling are sacred things that should not be violated, and that there must not be even the tiniest bit of change […]
    r念“儿”只有“兒”“二”“而”這幾個字 […]When r is read as 儿, the only candidates are "child", "two", and "and" […]
* 儿 may be written as a smaller character.
** 1968, 趙元任 (Yuen Ren Chao), 語言問題 [Problems in Linguistics], 臺灣商務印書館, page 83:
    固然平常念一個單字的時候，重音的音節在樂音上也是高一點儿，不過它不一定老是這個樣子。Admittedly, when pronouncing a word, the stressed syllable is, musically speaking, also a bit higher-pitched, but this is not necessarily always the case.
** 2001, 中華人民共和國教育部, 國家語言文字工作委員會, 第一批異形詞整理表 [The First Series of Standardized Forms of Words with Non-standardized Variant Forms]‎, archived from the original on 3 August 2019, page 11:
    红果儿（红*菓儿） hóngguǒr

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 子, 兒, 男兒 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 兒子, 男孩, 男孩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 兒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 兒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 兒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 兒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 兒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 兒子, 小子, 少的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 兒得 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 兒, 小廝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 小兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 兒, 兒子, 小子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 兒子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 小子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 兒郎, 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 兒, 兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 娃, 兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 兒得 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 兒子, 小子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 孩兒, 小子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 兒, 兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 兒子, 後人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 兒子, 娃娃, 尕娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 兒子, 小子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 兒子, 兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 兒子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 兒子, 後人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 娃子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 兒子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 兒子, 兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 兒子, 娃兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 兒, 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 兒, 兒子, 娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 兒子, 娃兒, 兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 兒子, 小鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 兒子, 男娃娃, 男娃兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 娃兒, 兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 兒子, 小子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 崽, 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 崽, 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Sanjiang (Danzhou) | 娃崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 侯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 兒, 兒把子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 仔, 阿仔, 仔仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 阿仔 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 仔, 仔兒 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 儂 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 兒 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 儂 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 兒 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 兒 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 崽 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 崽, 子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 崽, 倈牯, 倈 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 倈仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 倈哩 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 倈兒, 子 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 阿仔, 子 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 倈伊 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 倈 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 倈 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 倈哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 倈哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 倈哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 倈哩 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 仔, 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 仔, 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿弟 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 倈 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 倈仔 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 阿子 |
| Hakka | Changting | 倈子, 子哩, 子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 子哩, 兒子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 子哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 子, 倈倈子 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 子 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 崽 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 崽, 倈兒 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 崽 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 崽哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 倈仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 倈仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 倈仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 倈, 細倈 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 倈仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 子 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 仔, 子 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 子, 仔 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 子 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 子 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 倈子, 子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 子 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 倈 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 子 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 子 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 子 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 倈 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 倈哩 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 倈 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 倈子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 兒子 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 兒子, 伢兒 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 兒子 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 兒子 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 兒子 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 兒子 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 兒子, 小倈 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 崽 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 兒子 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 兒子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 小子 |
| Jin | Datong | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 兒, 小子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 兒, 小子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 兒得, 孩得 |
| Jin | Linhe | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jin | Jining | 小子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 小子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 小子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 兒子 |
| Jin | Handan | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 孩哦 |
| Jin | Suide | 兒, 小子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 囝, 囝仔 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang (Huangkeng) | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 囝, 丈夫囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 囝, 後生, 後的 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 囝, 後生, 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 後生, 囝 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 後生, 囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 囝, 後生, 後的 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 囝, 後生, 後生囝, 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 後生, 囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 後生, 囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 崽 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 囝, 逗囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 囝, 逗囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 囝, 逗囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 囝, 逗囝, 孥, 阿孥 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 逗囝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 囝, 丈夫囝, 逗囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 囝, 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 囝, 細囝, 孧囝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 囝 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 囝 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 囝仔 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 囝仔 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 囝兒 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 囝兒 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 囝 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 囝 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 崽 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 崽 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 仔 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 仔 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 仔 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 仔 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 仔 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 仔 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 仔 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 仔 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 仔 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 仔 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 仔 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 仔 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 仔 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 兒子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 兒子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 兒子 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 兒子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 兒子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 兒子, 伢兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 兒子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 兒, 兒子 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 崽伢子, 崽, 伢子 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 崽, 崽伢唧 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 崽 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 崽, 伢唧 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 崽 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 崽 |

#### Compounds

* 一點兒 / 一点儿 (yīdiǎnr)
* 主兒 / 主儿 (zhǔr)
* 乳兒 / 乳儿 (rǔ'ér)
* 乾兒 / 干儿
* 亂兒 / 乱儿 (luànr)
* 了兒 / 了儿
* 些兒 / 些儿
* 亮兒 / 亮儿
* 人兒 / 人儿
* 今兒 / 今儿 (jīnr)
* 佳兒 / 佳儿
* 侍兒 / 侍儿 (shì'ér)
* 信兒 / 信儿 (xìnr)
* 保兒 / 保儿
* 俞兒 / 俞儿
* 個兒 / 个儿 (gèr)
* 倈兒 / 俫儿
* 倍兒 / 倍儿 (bèir)
* 偷兒 / 偷儿 (tōur)
* 健兒 / 健儿 (jiàn'ér)
* 先兒 / 先儿
* 兒兒 / 儿儿
* 兒化 / 儿化 (érhuà)
* 兒啼 / 儿啼
* 兒夫 / 儿夫
* 兒女 / 儿女 (érnǚ)
* 兒媳 / 儿媳 (érxí)
* 兒嬉 / 儿嬉 (érxī)
* 兒子 / 儿子
* 兒孫 / 儿孙 (érsūn)
* 兒家 / 儿家
* 兒寬 / 儿宽
* 兒息 / 儿息
* 兒戲 / 儿戏 (érxì)
* 兒拜 / 儿拜
* 兒時 / 儿时 (érshí)
* 兒曹 / 儿曹
* 兒歌 / 儿歌 (érgē)
* 兒母 / 儿母
* 兒科 / 儿科 (érkē)
* 兒童 / 儿童 (értóng)
* 兒茶 / 儿茶 (érchá)
* 兒語 / 儿语
* 兒郎 / 儿郎 (érláng)
* 兒馬 / 儿马 (érmǎ)
* 兒齒 / 儿齿
* 六兒 / 六儿
* 冰棍兒 / 冰棍儿 (bīnggùnr)
* 刃兒 / 刃儿
* 分兒 / 分儿 (fēnr, fènr)
* 前兒 / 前儿 (qiánr)
* 勤兒 / 勤儿
* 勦兒 / 剿儿
* 包兒 / 包儿 (bāor)
* 包干兒
* 卜兒 / 卜儿
* 反犬旁兒 / 反犬旁儿 (fǎnquǎnpángr)
* 口兒 / 口儿
* 可兒 / 可儿 (Kě'ér)
* 合兒 / 合儿
* 吃兒 / 吃儿 (chīr)
* 名兒 / 名儿 (míngr)
* 咂兒 / 咂儿 (zār)
* 味兒 / 味儿 (wèir)
* 哥兒 / 哥儿 (gēr)
* 嗓兒 / 嗓儿
* 嗝兒 / 嗝儿
* 嗎兒 / 吗儿 (már)
* 嘎兒 / 嘎儿
* 嘴兒 / 嘴儿
* 圈兒 / 圈儿 (quānr)
* 坑兒 / 坑儿 (kēngr)
* 坎兒 / 坎儿
* 大褂兒 / 大褂儿 (dàguàr)
* 奚兒 / 奚儿
* 套兒 / 套儿 (tàor)
* 女兒 / 女儿 (nǚ'ér)
* 好兒 / 好儿
* 姐兒 / 姐儿 (jiěr)
* 妻兒 / 妻儿 (qī'ér)
* 姊兒 / 姊儿
* 娃兒 / 娃儿 (wár)
* 姪兒 / 侄儿
* 姨兒 / 姨儿 (yír)
* 娘兒 / 娘儿
* 婆兒 / 婆儿
* 媒兒 / 媒儿
* 媽兒 / 妈儿
* 嬌兒 / 娇儿 (jiāo'ér)
* 嬰兒 / 婴儿 (yīng'ér)
* 嬰兒車 / 婴儿车 (yīng'érchē)
* 子兒 / 子儿 (zǐr)
* 字眼兒 / 字眼儿 (zìyǎnr)
* 孤兒 / 孤儿 (gū'ér)
* 孩兒 / 孩儿
* 孫兒 / 孙儿 (sūn'ér)
* 官兒 / 官儿
* 寵兒 / 宠儿 (chǒng'ér)
* 封兒 / 封儿
* 小兒 / 小儿
* 小兒科 / 小儿科 (xiǎo'érkē)
* 小兒麻痺症 / 小儿麻痹症 (xiǎo'érmábìzhèng)
* 尖兒 / 尖儿 (jiānr)
* 屜兒 / 屉儿
* 岔兒 / 岔儿
* 帖兒 / 帖儿
* 帖木兒 / 帖木儿
* 帽兒 / 帽儿 (màor)
* 幡兒 / 幡儿
* 幫兒 / 帮儿
* 幺兒 / 幺儿 (yāo'ér)
* 幼兒 / 幼儿 (yòu'ér)
* 幼兒園 / 幼儿园 (yòu'éryuán)
* 幾兒 / 几儿
* 底兒 / 底儿
* 座兒 / 座儿 (zuòr)
* 廝兒 / 厮儿
* 龐兒 / 庞儿
* 弓兒 / 弓儿
* 影兒 / 影儿
* 後兒 / 后儿 (hòur)
* 徒兒 / 徒儿
* 忒兒 / 忒儿
* 性兒 / 性儿
* 愣兒 / 愣儿
* 成兒 / 成儿
* 戳兒 / 戳儿
* 手兒 / 手儿
* 扣兒 / 扣儿 (kòur)
* 把兒 / 把儿
* 拘兒 / 拘儿
* 招兒 / 招儿 (zhāor)
* 拐兒 / 拐儿
* 捻兒 / 捻儿 (niǎnr)
* 撈兒 / 捞儿
* 撲兒 / 扑儿
* 擔兒 / 担儿 (dànr)
* 方兒 / 方儿
* 旋兒 / 旋儿 (xuánr)
* 旦兒 / 旦儿
* 明兒 / 明儿
* 昨兒 / 昨儿 (zuór)
* 星兒 / 星儿
* 會兒 / 会儿
* 末兒 / 末儿 (mòr)
* 材兒 / 材儿
* 東兒 / 东儿
* 枝兒 / 枝儿
* 板兒 / 板儿
* 果兒 / 果儿 (guǒr)
* 架兒 / 架儿
* 根兒 / 根儿 (gēnr)
* 條兒 / 条儿
* 桿兒 / 杆儿
* 棄兒 / 弃儿 (qì'ér)
* 樂兒 / 乐儿 (lèr)
* 標兒 / 标儿
* 槽兒 / 槽儿
* 樁兒 / 桩儿
* 款兒 / 款儿
* 母兒 / 母儿
* 比兒 / 比儿
* 汁兒 / 汁儿 (zhīr)
* 注兒 / 注儿
* 活兒 / 活儿 (huór)
* 洞兒 / 洞儿
* 渣兒 / 渣儿
* 準兒 / 准儿 (zhǔnr)
* 溜兒 / 溜儿
* 漂兒 / 漂儿 (piāor)
* 滾兒 / 滚儿
* 片兒 / 片儿
* 牙兒 / 牙儿
* 特兒 / 特儿
* 狗兒 / 狗儿 (gǒur)
* 猘兒 / 猘儿
* 猴兒 / 猴儿 (hóur)
* 猱兒 / 猱儿
* 猧兒 / 𰡏儿
* 玩兒 / 玩儿 (wánr)
* 玩意兒 / 玩意儿 (wányìr)
* 瓤兒 / 瓤儿 (rángr)
* 產兒 / 产儿 (chǎn'ér)
* 甸兒 / 甸儿
* 男兒 / 男儿 (nán'ér)
* 當兒 / 当儿 (dāngr)
* 痴兒 / 痴儿
* 盆兒 / 盆儿 (pénr)
* 盤兒 / 盘儿
* 盲兒 / 盲儿
* 盹兒 / 盹儿
* 短兒 / 短儿
* 破兒 / 破儿
* 碴兒 / 碴儿 (chár)
* 萬兒 / 万儿 (wànr)
* 稿兒 / 稿儿
* 穗兒 / 穗儿
* 空兒 / 空儿 (kòngr)
* 窩兒 / 窝儿
* 窳兒 / 窳儿
* 符兒 / 符儿
* 答兒 / 答儿
* 筷兒 / 筷儿 (kuàir)
* 箍兒 / 箍儿
* 篇兒 / 篇儿
* 簍兒 / 篓儿
* 粒兒 / 粒儿 (lìr)
* 細兒 / 细儿 (xì'ěr)
* 綑兒 / 捆儿
* 縫兒 / 缝儿
* 繭兒 / 茧儿
* 纂兒 / 纂儿
* 缸兒 / 缸儿 (gāngr)
* 羔兒 / 羔儿
* 義兒 / 义儿 (yì'ér)
* 翅兒 / 翅儿 (chìr)
* 老兒 / 老儿
* 肚兒 / 肚儿 (dǔr)
* 股兒 / 股儿
* 育兒 / 育儿 (yù'ér)
* 胎兒 / 胎儿 (tāi'ér)
* 胡兒 / 胡儿 (hú'ér)
* 腦兒 / 脑儿
* 臉兒 / 脸儿 (liǎnr)
* 臺兒莊 / 台兒莊 / 台儿庄 (Tái'érzhuāng)
* 芽兒 / 芽儿
* 苗兒 / 苗儿
* 萌兒 / 萌儿
* 葉兒 / 叶儿 (yèr)
* 落兒 / 落儿
* 虎兒 / 虎儿
* 蟲兒 / 虫儿 (chóngr)
* 衫兒 / 衫儿
* 襯兒 / 衬儿
* 角兒 / 角儿
* 話兒 / 话儿
* 試兒 / 试儿
* 語兒 / 语儿
* 調兒 / 调儿
* 謎兒 / 谜儿
* 譜兒 / 谱儿
* 豚兒 / 豚儿 (tún'ér)
* 貓兒 / 猫儿
* 貼兒 / 贴儿
* 趣兒 / 趣儿
* 跑兒 / 跑儿
* 跟兒 / 跟儿
* 路兒 / 路儿
* 蹦兒 / 蹦儿 (bèngr)
* 躉兒 / 趸儿
* 輪兒 / 轮儿 (lúnr)
* 轍兒 / 辙儿
* 這兒 / 这儿 (zhèr)
* 過兒 / 过儿
* 道兒 / 道儿 (dàor)
* 𰻞𰻞兒麵 / 𰻝𰻝儿面 (biángbiángrmiàn)
* 那兒 / 那儿 (nàr)
* 鄉下老兒 / 乡下老儿
* 醭兒 / 醭儿 (búr)
* 鏝兒 / 镘儿
* 閤兒 / 合儿
* 閣兒 / 阁儿
* 雄兒 / 雄儿
* 雌兒 / 雌儿
* 雛兒 / 雏儿
* 霜兒 / 霜儿
* 靨兒 / 靥儿
* 音兒 / 音儿
* 頭兒 / 头儿 (tóur)
* 顰兒 / 颦儿
* 風兒 / 风儿
* 餡兒 / 馅儿 (xiànr)
* 館兒 / 馆儿
* 驕兒 / 骄儿
* 鬙兒 / 鬙儿
* 䰖兒 / 𱆈儿
* 鬮兒 / 阄儿
* 魚兒 / 鱼儿
* 鴇兒 / 鸨儿
* 麟兒 / 麟儿 (lín'ér)
* 鼻兒 / 鼻儿
* 齣兒 / 出儿

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ní (ni$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ní
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ní
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^2$
*** Yale: ní
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngai$^4$
*** Yale: ngàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐi̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: ngej
Rime :
| Character | 兒 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 五稽切 |
| Baxter | ngej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋei/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋiei/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 兒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 2748 |
| Phonetic component | 兒 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 倪 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋeː/ |

#### Definitions

兒
* a surname
* Alternative form of 齯 / 𫠜 (ní, “teeth grown in old age”)
* Alternative form of 倪 (“small and weak”)
* Alternative form of 郳 (ní)

### References

* “兒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 児 |
| Kyūjitai | 兒 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 児)
* Kyūjitai form of 児 (“child; young of animals”)
* Used in personal names.

#### Readings

* Go-on: に (ni)、げ (ge)
* Kan-on: じ (ji)、げい (gei)
* Kun: こ (ko, 兒)
* Nanori: ちご (chigo)

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 兒 (MC nye).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | Recorded as Middle Korean ᅀᅵᆼ (Yale: zì$^?$) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. | Recorded as Middle Korean ᅀᅵᆼ (Yale: zì$^?$) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 아ᄒᆡ ᅀᆞ | Recorded as Middle Korean ᅀᆞ (zo) (Yale: zò) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527. |
| Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575 | 아ᄒᆡ ᄋᆞ | Recorded as Middle Korean ᄋᆞ (o) (Yale: o) in Gwangju Cheonjamun (光州千字文 / 광주천자문), 1575. |

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [a̠]
* Phonetic hangul: [아]

#### Hanja

Wikisource 兒 (eumhun 아이 아 (ai a))
* hanja form of 아 (“child”)

#### Compounds

* 고아 (孤兒, goa)
* 고아원 (孤兒院, goawon)
* 남아 (男兒, nama)
* 미아 (迷兒, mia)
* 신생아 (新生兒, sinsaeng'a)
* 아동 (兒童, adong)
* 아명 (兒名, amyeong, “one's childhood name”)
* 여아 (女兒, yeoa)
* 영아 (嬰兒, yeong'a)
* 유아 (乳兒, yua)
* 육아 (育兒, yuga)
* 태아 (胎兒, taea)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 兒 (MC ngej).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | Recorded as Middle Korean 옝 (Yale: yey$^?$) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. | Recorded as Middle Korean 옝 (Yale: yey$^?$) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. |

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [je̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [예]

#### Hanja

兒 (eumhun 다시 난 이 예 (dasi nan i ye))
* hanja form of 예 (“used in personal names”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
* Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 30.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

兒: Hán Việt readings: nhi, nghê
兒: Nôm readings: nhẻ
* chữ Hán form of nhi (“child”).

#### References

* 1 2 Thiều Chửu (1942).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* 1 2 Trần (2004).