孩紙

See also: 孩纸

Chinese

child paper
trad. (孩紙) 孩 紙
simp. (孩纸) 孩 纸

Etymology

From 孩子 (háizi, “child”), with replacement of the diminutive suffix 子 (zi, “child, son”) by the close-sounding retroflexed counterpart 紙／纸 (zhǐ, “paper”). See also 妹紙／妹纸 (mèizhǐ, “young girl; babe”).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: háizhǐ → háizhi (toneless final syllable variant)
      • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˊ ㄓˇ → ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄓ (toneless final syllable variant)
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hair.jyy
      • IPA (key): /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /xaɪ̯³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩³/

Noun

孩紙

  1. (neologism, humorous) child, kid
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