兒嬉

Chinese

		son; child; diminutive suffix	amusement
trad. (兒嬉)		兒	嬉
simp. (儿嬉)		儿	嬉
alternative forms		兒戲／儿戏 Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): érxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ hei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: érxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: érsi
    • Wade–Giles: êrh²-hsi¹
    • Yale: ér-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlshi
    • Palladius: эрси (ersi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ hei¹
    • Yale: yìh hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ hei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

兒嬉

1. (literary) trifling matter; child's play

   • 天工變化誰得知，我亦兒嬉作小詩。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天工变化谁得知，我亦儿嬉作小诗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 11th century, Su Shi, 蠟梅一首贈趙景貺

     Tiāngōng biànhuà shéi dézhī, wǒ yì érxī zuò xiǎo shī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• 兒戲／儿戏 (érxì)

Adjective

兒嬉

1. (Cantonese) frivolous; not earnest; careless; unreliable; not serious
2. (Cantonese) fragile; liable to break