留守兒童

Chinese

		to stay behind	child
trad. (留守兒童)		留守	兒童
simp. (留守儿童)		留守	儿童

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúshǒu értóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄦˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ sau² ji⁴ tung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû-siú lî-tông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúshǒu értóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄦˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióushǒu értóng
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-shou³ êrh²-tʻung²
    • Yale: lyóu-shǒu ér-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushoou erltorng
    • Palladius: люшоу эртун (ljušou ertun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ sau² ji⁴ tung⁴
    • Yale: làuh sáu yìh tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ sau² ji⁴ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ seo² yi⁴ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵ jiː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-siú lî-tông
    • Tâi-lô: liû-siú lî-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liusiuo li'doong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² siu⁵³ li²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/

Noun

留守兒童

1. (Mainland China, neologism) left-behind children (children of rural parents who grow up in a rural area while their parents seek work in an urban area)