娃娃
Chinese
| baby; doll | baby; doll | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (娃娃) |
娃 | 娃 | |
Etymology
Probably based on the sound of a baby's cry.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˊ ˙ㄨㄚ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wa.ua
- IPA (key): /u̯a̠³⁵ u̯a̠³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: waa1 waa1
- Yale: wā wā
- Cantonese Pinyin: waa1 waa1
- Guangdong Romanization: wa1 wa1
- IPA (key): /wɑː⁵⁵ wɑː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Dong
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa-oa
- Tâi-lô: ua-ua
- Phofsit Daibuun: oa'oaf
- IPA (Xiamen): /ua⁴⁴⁻²² ua⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ua³³ ua³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴⁻²² ua⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ua⁴⁴⁻³³ ua⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua⁴⁴⁻³³ ua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
娃娃
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 兒女 (“sons and daughters; children”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 兒女、子女 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 兒女、孩子 |
| Taiwan | 兒女、孩子 | |
| Jinan | 兒女、孩子 | |
| Xi'an | 兒女、娃 | |
| Wuhan | 兒女、兒子姑娘、伢、伢們 | |
| Chengdu | 兒女、娃娃些 | |
| Yangzhou | 兒女、霞子 | |
| Hefei | 兒女 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 仔女 |
| Hong Kong | 仔女 | |
| Dongguan | 仔女 | |
| Yangjiang | 仔女、仔妹 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 崽女 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 子女 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 子女、子兒 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 子女 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 子女、子兒 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 子女、子兒 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 子女、子兒 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 子兒、子女 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 兒女、娃娃 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 囝仔 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 囝兒、囝 |
| Matsu | 囝 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 囝兒 |
| Quanzhou | 囝兒 | |
| Zhangzhou | 囝兒 | |
| Taipei | 囝兒 | |
| Kaohsiung | 囝兒 | |
| Chaozhou | 囝兒 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 大細、子女、囡大細 dated |
| Suzhou | 兒子囡兒、小人、大細 | |
| Wenzhou | 男女、男兒女兒、細兒 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 崽女 |
| Shuangfeng | 崽女、崽 | |
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