童子

Chinese
boy; child; children
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad.
(童子)		 童 子

Pronunciation 1

Noun

童子

  1. (literary) child, especially a boy
  2. (obsolete) scholar who has not passed the county level imperial exam
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 男孩子 (“boy”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 童子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 男孩, 男孩子, 男童
Mandarin Beijing 男孩兒, 小子, 兒花兒, 男花兒
Taiwan 男孩子, 男孩
Harbin 男孩兒, 小子, 學生, 小小子 young, 小小兒 young
Yantai (Muping) 小子
Qingdao 小扫兒️
Weifang (Weicheng) 小廝
Weifang (Fangzi) 小廝
Weifang (Hanting) 小廝
Changyi 小廝
Gaomi 小廝
Zhucheng 小廝
Anqiu 小廝
Changle 小廝
Linqu 小廝
Qingzhou 小廝
Shouguang 小廝
Wulian 小廝
Jinan 小子, 小小兒 young, 末末丟子 young, 末子 young, 小末子 young
Luoyang 男孩兒, 小子
Wanrong 小子
Kaifeng 男孩兒
Xi'an 娃子, 娃子娃
Yinchuan 嘎子, 滿灘跑
Lanzhou 娃子, 男娃娃
Ürümqi 兒娃子, 男娃娃
Wuhan 男伢, 兒子伢, 兒伢
Chengdu 男娃子, 男娃娃, 男娃兒, 兒娃子, 兒娃娃
Guiyang 男娃娃, 男娃兒
Guilin 男把爺
Guanyang 奶崽家
Liuzhou 男娃崽, 男崽
Yangzhou 男霞子, 小伙, 小老爹
Xinghua 小伙家
Nanjing 男娃兒, 男娃, 男孩兒
Hefei 小廝
Yanping 小子
Singapore 男孩子
Dagudi (Maliba) 小兒子, 漢子
Reshuitang (Longling) 兒子
Mae Salong (Lancang) 小兒子
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 兒子, 漢子
Cantonese Guangzhou 男仔, 男仔頭, 細路仔
Hong Kong 男仔, 細路仔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 男仔
Macau 男仔
Guangzhou (Panyu) 男仔
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 男仔
Guangzhou (Conghua) 男仔
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 男仔
Foshan 男仔
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 男仔
Foshan (Shunde) 男仔
Foshan (Sanshui) 男仔
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 男仔
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 男仔
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 男仔
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 男仔
Zhuhai (Doumen) 男仔
Jiangmen (Baisha) 男仔
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 男仔
Taishan 男仔
Kaiping (Chikan) 男仔
Enping (Niujiang) 男仔
Heshan (Yayao) 男仔
Dongguan 男仔
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 男子仔
Qingyuan 男仔
Fogang 男仔
Yingde (Hanguang) 男仔
Yangshan 男仔
Lianshan (Butian) 男細仔
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 男仔
Shaoguan 男仔
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 男仔
Renhua 男仔
Lechang 男仔
Yangjiang 仔
Nanning 男仔
Dongxing 儂仔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 男仔
Singapore (Guangfu) 男仔
Gan Nanchang 崽哩子, 崽哩, 男崽子
Pengze 男妹
Lichuan 伢兒
Pingxiang 倈牯, 倈仔, 倈
Hakka Meixian 細倈仔, 細哥仔, 細阿哥仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 男仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 僬仔
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 老哥仔
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 男仔
Conghua (Lütian) 男仔
Yudu 倈子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 細倈仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 細倈仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 細倈仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 細倈
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 細倈仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 囝子
Jin Taiyuan 男娃娃, 小子, 小後生
Xinzhou 小小子
Northern Min Jian'ou 丈夫囝仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 丈夫囝, 男囝
Southern Min Xiamen 丈夫囡仔
Quanzhou 丈夫囡仔
Zhangzhou 丈夫囡仔
Taipei 丈夫囡仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 丈夫囡仔
Kaohsiung 丈夫囡仔
Yilan 丈夫囡仔
Changhua (Lukang) 丈夫囡仔
Taichung 丈夫囡仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 丈夫囡仔
Tainan 丈夫囡仔
Taitung 丈夫囡仔
Hsinchu 丈夫囡仔
Kinmen 丈夫囡仔
Penghu (Magong) 丈夫囡仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 丈夫囡仔
Manila (Hokkien) 丈夫囡仔
Chaozhou 丈夫囝
Shantou 丈夫囝
Jieyang 丈夫囝
Lufeng 丈夫囡仔
Haifeng 丈夫囡仔
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 丈夫囝
Singapore (Teochew) 丈夫囝
Leizhou 丈夫囝, 男囝
Wenchang 公爹囝
Haikou 丈夫囝
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 男囝
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 男崽
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 子子
Wu Shanghai 男小囡, 男囡頭, 男小娃兒, 男小人
Shanghai (Chongming) 男小囡, 男小官, 猴子
Suzhou 男小干, 小干兒
Danyang 兒子家, 老小, 老小家
Hangzhou 男伢兒
Ningbo 小娃兒, 小娃兒頭, 男小娃兒, 娃兒
Wenzhou 男兒, 兒
Jinhua 男小個
Xiang Changsha 伢子, 伢崽子
Loudi 伢唧, 伢粒, 伢人細唧
Shuangfeng 伢唧, 細伢唧
  • (scholar): 童生 (tóngshēng)
Derived terms

See also

Pronunciation 2

Noun

童子

  1. (Southern Min) wizard; sorcerer
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) child medium

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
童 子
どう
Grade: 3		 し > じ
Grade: 1
kan’yōon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
童児

Chinese 童子 (tóngzǐ)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ど​ーじ [dóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [do̞ːʑi]

Noun

童(どう)子(じ) • (dōji) 

  1. Synonym of 子供 (kodomo, “child”) (person who has not yet reached adulthood)
    Hyponyms: 童女 (dōjo), 童男 (dōnan)
  2. a boy retainer who follows his noble master around
  3. (Buddhism, mythology) a boy retainer who follows his buddha, bodhisattva or wisdom king around
  4. (Buddhism) a boy between 8 and 20 years of age who studies scriptures and runs errands in a temple without actually being a practicing monk
  5. a type of Noh mask with the face of a boy

See also

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
童 子
わらし
Grade: 3 Grade: 1
jukujikun

Noun

童子(わらし) • (warashi) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 童 (warashi, “child”) (person who has not yet reached adulthood)

See also
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