兒女

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See also: 儿女

Chinese

son; child; diminutive suffix female; woman; daughter
trad. (兒女)
simp. (儿女)
anagram 女兒女儿
Literally:sons and daughters”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial () (38) (12)
Final () (11) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter nye nrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiᴇ/ /ɳɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵiɛ/ /ɳiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjɛ/ /niɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵiə̆/ /ɳɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ȵie/ /niɔX/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑǐe/ /nĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑie̯/ /ni̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ér
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji4 neoi5

Noun

兒女

  1. (literally) son and daughter; sons and daughters
  2. (by extension) children

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