娃娃
Chinese
baby; doll | baby; doll | ||
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simp. and trad. (娃娃) |
娃 | 娃 |
Etymology
Probably based on the sound of a baby's cry.
Pronunciation
Noun
娃娃
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 兒女 (“sons and daughters; children”) [map] | ||
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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 | |
Hsinchu (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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