子女

Chinese
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 female; woman; daughter
trad. (子女) 子 女
simp. #(子女) 子 女
anagram 女子

Pronunciation

Noun

子女

  1. sons and daughters; children
    未成年子女  ―  wèichéngnián zǐnǚ  ―  non-adult children
    子女撫養費／子女抚养费  ―  zǐnǚ fǔyǎngfèi  ―  child support
    子女最佳利益原則 [MSC, trad.]
    子女最佳利益原则 [MSC, simp.]
    zǐnǚ zuìjiā lìyì yuánzé [Pinyin]
    child's best interests
    子女忤逆不孝實在令父母寒心。 [MSC, trad.]
    子女忤逆不孝实在令父母寒心。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zǐnǚ wǔnì bùxiào shízài lìng fùmǔ hánxīn. [Pinyin]
    Wayward children who are unfilial are a disappointment to their parents.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 兒女 (“sons and daughters; children”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 兒女, 子女, 孩兒, 孩子
Mandarin Beijing 兒女, 孩子
Taiwan 兒女, 孩子
Harbin 子女
Yantai (Muping) 兒和女
Jinan 兒女, 子女, 孩子
Luoyang 兒女, 孩子
Wanrong 兒女
Xi'an 兒女, 娃
Yinchuan 兒女
Lanzhou 兒女
Xining 子女, 娃娃們
Ürümqi 兒女, 子女
Wuhan 兒女, 兒子姑娘, 伢, 伢們
Chengdu 兒女, 子女, 娃娃些
Guiyang 娃娃, 娃兒
Guilin 崽女
Liuzhou 崽女
Xuzhou 子女
Yangzhou 兒女, 子女, 霞子
Nanjing 子女, 孩子
Hefei 兒女
Nantong 侯啊丫頭
Malaysia 孩子
Singapore 孩子
Cantonese Guangzhou 仔女
Hong Kong 仔女
Dongguan 仔女
Yangjiang 仔女, 仔妹
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 仔女
Singapore (Guangfu) 仔女
Gan Nanchang 崽女, 兒女
Lichuan 崽女
Pingxiang 崽女
Hakka Meixian 子女, 細人仔
Yudu 子女, 小鬼
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 子女, 子兒, 子息
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 子女
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 子女, 子兒, 子息
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 子女, 子兒, 倈妹, 子息
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 子女, 子兒, 子息
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 子兒, 子女
Hong Kong 細佬哥
Huizhou Jixi 兒子女
Jin Taiyuan 兒女, 娃娃
Pingyao 孩兒, 孩兒們
Xinzhou 子女, 子弟, 子孫, 子顆 derogatory, 子秧 derogatory
Northern Min Jian'ou 囝仔, 囝姩
Eastern Min Fuzhou 囝兒, 男女囝, 囝, 兒囝, 兒囝哥
Matsu 囝
Southern Min Xiamen 囝兒
Quanzhou 囝兒
Zhangzhou 囝兒
Taipei 囝兒
Kaohsiung 囝兒
Singapore (Hokkien) 囝, 囝兒
Manila (Hokkien) 囝兒
Chaozhou 囝兒
Shantou 囝兒, 兒女, 子女, 孥囝
Leizhou 囝
Haikou 囝兒, 囝
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 男女, 崽女
Wu Shanghai 子女, 大細, 囡大細 dated
Shanghai (Chongming) 男女
Suzhou 兒子囡兒, 小人, 大細
Wuxi 佬小
Danyang 子女, 兒女
Hangzhou 兒女
Ningbo 兒囡, 兒子囡, 子女
Wenzhou 男女, 男兒女兒, 男兼女, 子女, 細兒
Jinhua 兒囡
Xiang Changsha 崽女
Loudi 崽女
Shuangfeng 崽女, 崽

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (子女):
  • → Japanese: 子女(しじょ) (shijo)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
子 女
し
Grade: 1		 じょ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

子(し)女(じょ) • (shijo) ←しぢよ (sidyo)?

  1. sons and daughters; children
  2. Synonym of 女子 (joshi, “girl”)

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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