兒戲

See also: 儿戏 and 児戯

Chinese

		son; child; diminutive suffix	trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show
trad. (兒戲)		兒	戲
simp. (儿戏)		儿	戏

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): érxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ hei³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): jî-hì / lî-hì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ri⁵ hi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: érxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: érsì
    • Wade–Giles: êrh²-hsi⁴
    • Yale: ér-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlshih
    • Palladius: эрси (ersi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ hei³
    • Yale: yìh hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ hei̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 儀器 / 仪器 兒戲 / 儿戏 彝器

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-hì
    • Tâi-lô: jî-hì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji'hix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³⁻²² hi²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ hi²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-hì
    • Tâi-lô: lî-hì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li'hix
    • IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ hi¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴⁻²² hi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴⁻²² hi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ri⁵ hi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jî hì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hi²¹³/

Noun

兒戲

1. trifling matter; child's play

   • 嗟乎，此真將軍矣！曩者霸上、棘門軍，若兒戲耳，其將固可襲而虜也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     嗟乎，此真将军矣！曩者霸上、棘门军，若儿戏耳，其将固可袭而虏也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Jiēhū, cǐ zhēn jiāngjūn yǐ! Nǎng zhě Bàshàng, Jímén jūn, ruò érxì ěr, qí jiāng gù kě xí ér lǔ yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• 兒嬉／儿嬉 (érxī)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ hei¹

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• 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/

Adjective

兒戲

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 兒嬉 / 儿嬉 (ji4 hei1)