| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
子, 孩, 童, 孺子, 幼
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
兒童, 小孩, 孩子, 小孩子, 小朋友, 小童, 孩童, 幼兒, 孩提
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
小孩兒
|
| Taiwan
|
小孩, 小孩子, 小朋友
|
| Langfang
|
小孩兒
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
小孩兒
|
| Harbin
|
小孩兒, 小孩伢子, 小尕兒, 小尕子, 毛孩子, 小孩崽子, 孩崽子, 小屄崽子, 小豆包兒
|
| Malaysia
|
小孩子
|
| Singapore
|
小孩子, 小朋友
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
小孩兒, 小巴拉子, 小嘎巴豆子 humorous, 小毛孩子, 小毛孩兒, 小屁孩兒
|
| Tangshan
|
小孩兒
|
| Cangzhou
|
小孩子
|
| Baoding
|
小孩兒
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
小孩兒
|
| Jinan
|
小孩兒, 孩子
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
小孩兒, 小孩子
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
小孩兒, 孩子
|
| Daming
|
小孩兒
|
| Wanrong
|
小娃, 猴娃子
|
| Kaifeng
|
小孩兒
|
| Xi'an
|
娃, 碎娃, 碎娃兒, 碎子兒
|
| Xining
|
娃娃家, 尕扎兒, 尕娃, 尕脬蛋
|
| Xuzhou
|
小孩兒, 小孩子, 孩子, 孩子蛋, 坷垃頭兒, 坷垃頭子, 小巴狗兒, 巴狗兒
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
娃娃, 娃
|
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
|
娃
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
娃娃
|
| Bayanhot
|
娃娃
|
| Lanzhou
|
娃娃, 尕的個, 狗娃, 尕, 壞子兒, 子子子
|
| Ürümqi
|
娃娃, 尕娃娃, 巴郎子, 子子子, 尕子兒, 尕子子子, 泡克子兒, 尕蹦豆兒, 尕㞞, 熱子兒
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
娃兒, 小娃兒, 娃娃, 小娃娃, 娃子, 小人, 崽崽, 崽兒
|
| Wuhan
|
小伢, 伢, 小把戲, 小蘿蔔坨, 蘿蔔坨
|
| Guiyang
|
娃娃, 娃兒, 小崽
|
| Kunming
|
娃娃, 小娃娃, 小鬼, 小鬼娃娃
|
| Guilin
|
把爺, 小把爺, 把爺崽
|
| Liuzhou
|
娃崽, 小娃崽
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
娃兒, 娃娃, 小娃兒, 小孩兒, 孩子
|
| Yangzhou
|
霞子, 小霞子, 小鬼豆子, 小把戲
|
| Nantong
|
伢兒, 小人兒, 小把戲, 小伢兒, 小兵瘌子, 小八瘌子, 小蘿蔔頭兒, 細伢兒
|
| Hefei
|
小霞子, 伢子, 小伢子
|
| Huanggang
|
細伢兒
|
| Mandarin
|
Nanping (Yanping)
|
阿崽哥
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
細路, 細路仔, 細佬仔, 細佬哥, 細路哥, 細蚊仔, 豆釘, 塞竇窿
|
| Hong Kong
|
細路, 細路仔, 細佬哥, 細路哥, 細蚊仔, 豆釘, 塞竇窿, 小朋友
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
細蚊仔
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
細蚊仔, 細佬仔, 細佬哥
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
細佬哥
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
細蚊仔
|
| Macau
|
細蚊仔
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
細蚊仔, 細佬仔
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
細佬哥
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
細蚊仔, 細路仔, 人仔
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
細蚊仔
|
| Foshan
|
細蚊仔, 細路仔
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
嫩蚊仔
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
細路哥
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
細路哥
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
細蚊仔
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
細佬哥
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
細路仔
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
細佬哥
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
細佬哥
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
細佬哥
|
| Taishan
|
細民仔, 細佬哥
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
細民仔
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
細蚊仔, 細路仔
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
心滿仔
|
| Dongguan
|
細蚊仔, 細路哥, 細路
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
細蚊仔, 細佬哥
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
細蚊仔
|
| Qingyuan
|
細佬哥, 細蚊仔
|
| Fogang
|
細蚊仔
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
細佬哥, 細蚊仔
|
| Yangshan
|
細蚊仔, 正蚊仔
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
細子兒
|
| Shaoguan
|
細佬哥, 細蚊仔
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
細蚊仔, 細路哥
|
| Renhua
|
細佬哥
|
| Lechang
|
細蚊仔
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
細蚊仔, 細佬哥
|
| Sihui
|
細蚊仔, 細佬哥
|
| Guangning
|
細蚊仔
|
| Deqing
|
細佬仔
|
| Huaiji
|
細蚊仔
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
兒仔
|
| Yunfu
|
細佬哥
|
| Xinxing
|
細蚊仔
|
| Luoding
|
細蚊仔
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
細佬哥
|
| Yangjiang
|
細蚊仔, 細仔
|
| Xinyi
|
儂, 細儂
|
| Lianjiang
|
細蚊仔, 細路仔
|
| Nanning
|
細鬼, 細蚊仔, 細佬哥
|
| Wuzhou
|
細路仔, 細佬哥, 蘇蝦仔
|
| Yulin
|
儂兒, 𱒃儂
|
| Hepu (Shatian)
|
儂伢
|
| Beihai
|
細蚊仔
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
細路哥
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
儂伢兒
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
細蚊仔, 細佬哥
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
細蚊仔, 細佬仔
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
細佬哥
|
| Danzhou
|
細儂
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
細蚊仔
|
| Penang (Guangfu)
|
細路, 細路仔
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
細路, 細路仔, 細佬哥
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
細蚊仔
|
| Móng Cái
|
細佬哥
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
細人子, 細伢子, 小朋友, 小把戲, 鬼鬼子, 小鬼, 細鬼, 孩兒
|
| Lichuan
|
伢崽兒
|
| Pingxiang
|
伢妹仔
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
細人仔, 細𧊅仔, 細鬼仔, 細佬哥, 細仔
|
| Xingning
|
細仔子, 阿僬哩, 阿僬伯
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
細佬哥, 細仔
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
|
細仔
|
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
|
細仔
|
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
|
細仔
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
阿僬仔
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
細佬哥
|
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
|
阿僬仔
|
| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
|
僬仔
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
細蚊仔哎
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
老弟仔, 老妹仔
|
| Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
|
阿僬仔
|
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
僬仔
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
僬仔
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
細仔哩, 阿僬哩
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
細人哩, 細仔哩, 細哩, 細佬哥
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
細仔哩, 阿僬哩
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
阿僬哩
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
細蚊仔, 鬼仔
|
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
|
阿僬仔, 細佬仔
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
細佬哥
|
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
|
細蚊仔
|
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
細佬哥
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
|
細佬哥
|
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
細佬哥
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
細人子, 細蚊子
|
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
|
細佬哥
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
|
細仔
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
細佬仔
|
| Liannan
|
細子
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
細仔
|
| Jiexi
|
細人
|
| Changting
|
細人哩
|
| Wuping
|
細人子
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
細人子
|
| Liancheng
|
細人子
|
| Ninghua
|
大細子, 子女, 子女哩
|
| Yudu
|
細人子, 小鬼
|
| Ruijin
|
細人子
|
| Shicheng
|
大細子
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
細伢子
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
細人仔, 細孲仔
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
細人仔, 細孲仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
細人仔, 細孲仔
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
細人, 細孲
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
細人仔, 細子人, 細孲仔
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
細子, 細子人
|
| Hong Kong
|
僬仔, 細佬哥
|
| Luchuan
|
大細兒
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
大細兒
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
細蚊仔, 細佬哥
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
阿僬仔, 細蚊仔
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
細人
|
| Singkawang
|
細貨, 細人
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
細人家, 細鬼, 妹, 細家伙
|
| Shexian
|
小人家
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
囝, 囝仂家, 細兒囝, 細囝
|
| Xiuning
|
囝仂家
|
| Yixian
|
囝兒
|
| Qimen
|
小囝, 囝
|
| Wuyuan
|
細人家, 細人
|
| Dexing
|
嫩人家
|
| Jingde
|
小免伲
|
| Shitai (Xianyu)
|
點點們兒
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
娃娃, 小娃娃, 小鬼
|
| Xinzhou
|
娃娃
|
| Hohhot
|
娃娃
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
小孩兒
|
| Handan
|
小孩兒
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
囝仔, 囝仔人
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
囝仔
|
| Songxi
|
囝仔, 囝仔人
|
| Zhenghe
|
囝仔
|
| Jianyang
|
囝仔
|
| Wuyishan
|
囝仔
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
囝仔
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
兒囝, 兒囝哥, 孩兒
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
兒囝
|
| Fuqing
|
兒囝, 兒囝哥, 兒囝鬼
|
| Yongtai
|
兒囝
|
| Gutian
|
傀儡囝
|
| Fu'an
|
傀儡
|
| Ningde
|
傀儡
|
| Shouning
|
傀儡
|
| Zhouning
|
傀儡, 傀儡囝
|
| Fuding
|
傀儡, 傀儡囝
|
| Matsu
|
兒囝, 兒囝哥
|
| Sitiawan (Gutian)
|
傀儡囝
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔, 囡仔兄, 囡仔疕, 囡仔栽, 小髫
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
囡仔
|
| Quanzhou
|
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔, 囡仔栽, 小髫
|
| Jinjiang
|
囡仔
|
| Hui'an
|
囡仔
|
| Yongchun
|
囡囝
|
| Zhangzhou
|
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔, 細漢的, 囡仔嬰, 囡仔囝, 囡仔疕, 囡仔栽, 囡仔包, 囡仔鬼, 小髫
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
囡仔, 嬰仔
|
| Zhangpu
|
囡仔
|
| Yunxiao
|
小囡仔
|
| Zhao'an
|
囡仔, 細囝仔
|
| Taipei
|
囡仔
|
| Taipei (Wanhua)
|
囡仔
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
囡仔
|
| Kaohsiung
|
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 囡仔囝
|
| Yilan
|
囡仔
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
囡仔
|
| Taichung
|
囡仔
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
囡仔
|
| Tainan
|
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 囡仔囝
|
| Taitung
|
囡仔
|
| Hsinchu
|
囡仔
|
| Kinmen
|
囡仔
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
囡仔
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 囡仔囝, 囝
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
囡仔, 囡仔疕, 囡仔嬰, 囡仔儂, 無拉, 細囝, 小髫
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
囡仔
|
| Longyan
|
嬰仔儂
|
| Zhangping
|
嬰儂
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
嬰仔儂, 嬰仔
|
| Datian
|
囡仔
|
| Chaozhou
|
孥囝
|
| Shantou
|
孥囝, 細囝
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
孥囝
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
孥囝, 細孥囝
|
| Jieyang
|
孥囝, 孥囝鬼
|
| Haifeng
|
郎仔, 郎仔儂
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
| Chiang Mai (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
| Hat Yai (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
| Penang (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
| Batam (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
| Leizhou
|
儂囝
|
| Wenchang
|
孧囝
|
| Haikou
|
細囝, 孧囝
|
| Qionghai
|
孧囝
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
孧囝
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
阿毜, 帶囝
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
囝仔倽
|
| Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
囝仔倽, 囝仔
|
| Sanming (Shaxian)
|
囝仔倽
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
細蚊囝
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
細佬哥
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
細蚊崽, 細鬼崽, 鬼崽
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
生仔
|
| Luoyuan
|
細仔
|
| Sanming
|
細仔
|
| Shunchang
|
細仔哥
|
| Hua'an
|
細仔
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
細仔
|
| Chaozhou
|
細仔
|
| Fengshun
|
細人仔
|
| Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
伢子子
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
小人, 小囡, 囡, 小八臘子, 小把戲, 小赤佬, 小鬼頭, 小鬼, 小鬼三
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
小囡, 小把戲
|
| Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)
|
小囡
|
| Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)
|
小囡
|
| Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)
|
小囡, 小囡兒
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
小囡, 小囡頭子, 小官, 小官頭子
|
| Suzhou
|
小人, 小干, 小干兒, 小囡, 小赤佬, 小鬼
|
| Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)
|
小百戲
|
| Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
|
小百戲
|
| Wuxi
|
佬小, 小佬小, 細佬小, 小倌
|
| Changshu
|
小干, 小鬼, 小活生
|
| Kunshan
|
小干, 小鬼
|
| Jiaxing
|
小人, 小鬼頭
|
| Changzhou
|
小佬
|
| Liyang
|
細佬家
|
| Yixing
|
小佬, 細俵則, 細賊
|
| Danyang
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小兒, 小把戲, 小鬼頭子
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| Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)
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小鬼
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| Jingjiang
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小想, 小鬼
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| Jiangyin
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小人, 小干, 小伢兒
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| Huzhou (Shuanglin)
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小把戲, 囡囡
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| Hangzhou
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小伢兒, 小鬼頭兒
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| Shaoxing
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小人, 小鬼
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| Zhuji (Wangjiajing)
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小人
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| Shengzhou (Chongren)
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小人, 小活猻, 小鬼頭
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| Shengzhou (Taiping)
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小人, 小活猻
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| Ningbo
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小人, 小小人, 小朋友, 小鬼, 小巴癩子, 小巴癩施, 小赤佬, 小癟三
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| Yuyao
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小人, 小囡
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| Zhoushan
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小人
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| Taizhou (Huangyan)
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小猢猻, 小鬼
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| Wenzhou
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細兒, 瑣細兒, 瑣個兒, 小溜溜, 娒娒, 娒, 阿娒, 蟹飯, 小細兒
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| Quzhou
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小鬼, 小伢兒
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| Jinhua
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小個, 小人, 小干, 小個人, 小碗
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| Jinhua (Tangxi)
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小儂兒
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| Yiwu
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小干
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| Yongkang
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小人
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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細伢子, 細人子, 伢妹子, 伢細子, 雞屎粒子 derogatory
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| Xiangtan
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細人唧
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| Loudi
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細人唧, 細個唧, 細把戲唧
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| Shuangfeng
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細人唧
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