鳥兒

See also: 鸟儿

Chinese

		bird	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (鳥兒)		鳥	兒
simp. (鸟儿)		鸟	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): niǎor, niǎo'ér

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ, ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄦˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyiao³ er²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ ji⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiáu-jî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziou² ri⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎor
    • Wade–Giles: niao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: nyǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neaul
    • Palladius: няор (njaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎo'ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎo-ér
    • Wade–Giles: niao³-êrh²
    • Yale: nyǎu-ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neauerl
    • Palladius: няоэр (njaoer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵/

Note: niǎo'ér - used in poetry, songs, etc.

• • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nyiao³ er²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: niao r
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲiau⁵³ ɚ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵ ji⁴
    • Yale: níuh yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³ jiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáu-jî
    • Tâi-lô: tsiáu-jî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciawjii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziou² ri⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsióu jî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siou⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zi⁵⁵/

Noun

鳥兒

1. Diminutive of 鳥／鸟 (niǎo, “bird”).

   • 無論是蝴蝶鳥兒　雙雙對對情綿綿 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     无论是蝴蝶鸟儿　双双对对情绵绵 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1991, 葉啟田, 難忘的人

     bô-lūn sī ô͘-tia̍p chiáu-jî, siang-siang-tùi-tùi chêng mî-mî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     No matter if it is butterflies or birds, they are in pairs, always in love

   • 2000, “春天花會開”, performed by 任賢齊 [Richie Jen]:

     鳥兒自由自在／鸟儿自由自在  ―  niǎo'ér zìyóuzìzài  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 2002, “早起的鳥兒有蟲吃哦 (早起きは三文のトクだゾ)” (0:02 from the start), in Crayon Shin-chan (anime), Taiwanese Mandarin edition, episode 504:

     早起的鳥兒有蟲吃哦～ [MSC, trad.]
     早起的鸟儿有虫吃哦～ [MSC, simp.]

     zǎoqǐ de niǎo'ér yǒu chóng chī o ~ [Pinyin]

     The early bird gets the worm.

   • 難道你不比鳥兒珍貴 [Cantonese, trad.]
     难道你不比鸟儿珍贵 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2013, 馬啟邦 (lyricist), 不要憂慮

     naan⁴ dou⁶ nei⁵ bat¹ bei² niu⁵ ji⁴ zan¹ gwai³ [Jyutping]

     Are you not much more precious than the birds?

   1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 鳥／鸟 (niǎo, “bird”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鳥 (“bird”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鳥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鳥
Taxonomic name		鳥
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鳥兒
	Taiwan	鳥
	Chengde	鳥兒
	Chifeng	鳥兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鳥兒
	Heihe	鳥兒
	Qiqihar	鳥兒
	Harbin	鳥兒
	Jiamusi	鳥兒
	Baicheng	鳥兒
	Changchun	鳥兒
	Tonghua	鳥兒
	Shenyang	鳥兒
	Jinzhou	鳥兒, 雀兒
	Malaysia	鳥
	Singapore	鳥, 小鳥
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	鳥兒
	Tangshan	鳥兒
	Cangzhou	鳥兒
	Baoding	鳥兒
	Shijiazhuang	鳥兒
	Lijin	鳥兒
	Jinan	鳥, 鳥兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	雀兒
	Dandong	鳥兒, 雀兒
	Yantai	雀兒
	Qingdao	家雀兒
	Zhucheng	鳥兒, 𪁏子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蟲蟻兒
	Jining	鳥兒
	Wanrong	蟲蟻兒
	Linfen	鳥兒
	Shangqiu	鳥兒, 蟲蟻得
	Yuanyang	鳥兒
	Zhengzhou	蟲蟻兒
	Xinyang	鳥兒
	Baihe	鳥
	Xi'an	鳥兒, 蟲蟻兒
	Baoji	鳥
	Tianshui	鳥
	Xining	雀兒
	Xuzhou	鳥兒, 鳥
	Fuyang	鳥, 蟲蟻子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	雀兒, 雀雀子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鳥鳥子, 鳥兒
	Lanzhou	鳥兒
	Dunhuang	鳥兒
	Hami	鳥兒
	Ürümqi	鳥, 雀娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	雀雀, 雀兒, 鳥兒 formal, 鳥
	Nanchong	鳥
	Dazhou	鳥兒
	Hanyuan	雀雀
	Xichang	鳥
	Zigong	雀兒
	Chongqing	鳥, 雀兒
	Wuhan	雀子, 鳥
	Yichang	鳥
	Xiangyang	鳥兒
	Tianmen	鳥
	Guiyang	鳥
	Zunyi	雀雀兒
	Bijie	雀鳥
	Liping	鳥
	Zhaotong	鳥
	Dali	鳥
	Kunming	鳥, 小雀
	Mengzi	鳥
	Guilin	鳥, 鳥崽
	Liuzhou	鳥, 鳥崽
	Jishou	雀兒
	Changde	鳥兒
	Hanzhong	鳥兒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鳥, 雀子, 雀兒
	Yangzhou	雀子
	Lianyungang	鳥
	Lianshui	鳥, 雀子
	Nantong	雀兒
	Anqing	鳥雀
	Wuhu	鳥雀子
	Hefei	鳥, 雀子
	Hong'an	鳥, 雀
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雀仔, 雀
	Hong Kong	雀仔, 雀
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	雀仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	雀仔, 雀
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	雀仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	雀仔
	Macau	雀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	雀仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	雀仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	雀仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	甩仔
	Foshan	雀仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	雀仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	雀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	雀仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	雀仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	雀
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	雀仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	雀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	雀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	雀
	Taishan	雀仔, 雀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雀
	Enping (Niujiang)	雀
	Heshan (Yayao)	雀
	Dongguan	雀仔, 鷝仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	雀
	Qingyuan	雀仔
	Fogang	雀仔
	Yingde (Hanguang)	鳥仔
	Yangshan	雀仔
	Lianshan (Butian)	雀兒
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	雀仔
	Shaoguan	雀仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	雀仔
	Renhua	雀仔, 鳥仔
	Lechang	雀仔
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	雀仔
	Sihui	雀仔
	Guangning	雀仔
	Deqing	雀兒, 鳥
	Huaiji	雀仔
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	竹仔
	Yunfu	雀仔
	Xinxing	雀仔
	Luoding	雀仔
	Yunan (Pingtai)	雀兒
	Yangjiang	雀仔
	Xinyi	雀
	Lianjiang	雀仔
	Nanning	雀仔
	Wuzhou	雀仔
	Yulin	雀, 雀兒
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	雀兒
	Hepu (Shatian)	雀兒, 鳥
	Guiping	雀
	Mengshan (Xihe)	雀
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	雀
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	雀
	Baise	雀
	Bobai	鳥
	Lingshan	雀
	Pubei	雀
Qinzhou	雀
Beihai	雀
Beihai (Nankang)	雀仔
Beihai (Yingpan)	雀
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	雀仔
Ningming	雀
Hengzhou	雀
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	雀仔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雀仔
Singapore (Guangfu)	雀仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	雀
Móng Cái	雀仔
Gan	Nanchang	雀子
	Lichuan	鳥兒
	Pingxiang	鳥
Hakka	Meixian	鳥仔
	Xingning	鳥哩
	Dabu (Xihe)	鳥兒
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	雀仔, 雀
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	雀
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	雀哩
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	雀仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鳥仔
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	雀哩
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	烈
	Boluo (Bendihua)	雀哎
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鳥仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鳥仔
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	鳥哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	鳥哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	鳥哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	鳥哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	雀
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	雀
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	雀哎
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	雀哎
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	鷝子, 鳥, 雀
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	雀, 鳥
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	鳥
	Wengyuan	鳥子
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	鳥
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	鳥
	Liannan	鳥仔
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鳥
	Jiexi	鳥
	Luhe	鳥仔
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	鳥
	Changting	鳥哩
	Wuping (Yanqian)	鳥子
	Ninghua	鳥子
	Yudu	鳥子, 鳥
	Ningdu	鳥子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	鳥子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	鳥子
	Dayu	鳥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鳥仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鳥仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鳥仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鳥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鳥仔, 鳥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鳥
	Hong Kong	鳥仔
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	鳥子
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	鳥
	Xinyi (Sihe)	鳥仔
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	鳥
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	鳥仔
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	鳥
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	雀子
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	鳥
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	鳥
	Mengshan (Xihe)	鳥
	Luchuan	鳥
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	鳥
	Bobai (Shahe)	鳥
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	雀
	Mashan (Pianlian)	鳥
	Sabah (Longchuan)	鳥仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	鳥
Senai (Huiyang)	鳥
Singkawang	鳥
Singapore (Meixian)	鳥仔
Singapore (Dabu)	鳥子
Huizhou	Shexian	鳥
Jin	Taiyuan	鳥兒
	Yangyuan	鳥兒
	Datong	鳥兒
	Xinzhou	鳥兒
	Lüliang (Lishi)	雀雀
	Changzhi	鳥
	Linhe	鳥
	Jining	鳥兒
	Hohhot	鳥兒
	Erenhot	鳥
	Pingshan	鳥兒
	Zhangjiakou	鳥兒
	Handan	鳥兒
	Linzhou	鳥兒
	Suide	雀兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	隻仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鳥
	Fuqing	鳥
	Matsu	鳥囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	鳥仔, 鳥隻
	Quanzhou	鳥仔, 鳥隻
	Zhangzhou	鳥仔, 鳥隻
	Zhao'an	鳥仔
	Kaohsiung	鳥仔
	Yilan	鳥仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	鳥仔
	Taichung	鳥仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鳥仔
	Tainan	鳥仔
	Taitung	鳥仔
	Hsinchu	鳥仔
	Penghu (Magong)	鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	鳥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鳥
	Manila (Hokkien)	鳥
	Medan (Hokkien)	鳥
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	鳥
	Chaozhou	鳥
	Shantou	鳥
	Haifeng	鳥
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鳥
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鳥
	Singapore (Teochew)	鳥
	Leizhou	鳥
	Haikou	鳥
Puxian Min	Putian	鳥, 鳥囝
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	鳥囝
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鳥, 鳥囝
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	鳥, 鳥囝
	Xianyou	鳥, 鳥囝
	Xianyou (Fengting)	鳥, 鳥囝
	Xianyou (Youyang)	鳥, 鳥囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鳥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鳥
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鳥
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	雀子
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	雀子子
Wu	Shanghai	鳥
	Shanghai (Chongming)	將
	Suzhou	鳥
	Danyang	雀子
	Hangzhou	鳥, 鳥兒
	Ningbo	鳥
	Wenzhou	鳥
Xiang	Changsha	鳥
	Loudi	鳥唧
	Quanzhou	鳥
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	鳥
	Dong'an	鳥唧
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	鳥嘀
	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	鳥哩
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	鳥哩
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	雀哩
	Renhua (Shitang)	鳥仔
	Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)	雀
	Lechang (Changlai)	屙鳥
	Lechang (Beixiang)	鳥咯, 鳥得
	Lechang (Huangpu)	鳥仔
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	鳥崽
	Lechang (Sanxi)	鳥得