娃娃

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology

Probably based on the sound of a baby's cry.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wáwa

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˊ ˙ㄨㄚ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wa² wa^2-1

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вава (vava, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹ waa¹
Gan (Wiktionary): ua⁴ ua
Jin (Wiktionary): va¹ va^1-3
Min Dong (BUC): uă-uă
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): oa-oa

(Teochew, Peng'im): ua¹ ua¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ¹ua-ua

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wáwa
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˊ ˙ㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wáwå
  - Wade–Giles: wa²-wa⁵
  - Yale: wá-wa
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wa.ua
  - Palladius: вава (vava)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä³⁵ wä³/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: wa² wa^2-1
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uawa
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua²¹ ua²¹⁻⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вава (vava, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /va²⁴ va⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa¹ waa¹
  - Yale: wā wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹ waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa¹ wa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ua⁴ ua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua³⁵ ua²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: va¹ va^1-3
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /va¹¹ va¹¹⁻⁴⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: uă-uă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua⁵⁵ ua⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa-oa
  - Tâi-lô: ua-ua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oa'oaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ua⁴⁴⁻²² ua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ua³³ ua³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴⁻²² ua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ua⁴⁴⁻³³ ua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua⁴⁴⁻³³ ua⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ua¹ ua¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ua ua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua³³⁻²³ ua³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ¹ua-ua
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ¹ua-ua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua⁵⁵ ua²¹/

Noun

娃娃

baby
young child
(dialectal) children
doll; toy figurine (especially one shaped as a baby)
- 我想買隻娃娃送撥伊。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
  我想买只娃娃送拨伊。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
  From: Based on
  ⁶ngu ⁵shian ⁶ma ⁷tsaq ¹ua-ua ⁵son-peq-yi [Wugniu]
  I want to buy her a doll.

Synonyms

(baby):

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

(young child):

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

(children):

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

(doll): (Dungan) 姑娘兒／姑娘儿 (гўнёр)

Derived terms

夾娃娃／夹娃娃 (jiāwáwa)
女娃娃
娃娃床 (wáwachuáng)
娃娃生
娃娃臉／娃娃脸 (wáwaliǎn)
娃娃菜 (wáwacài)
娃娃親／娃娃亲 (wáwaqīn)
娃娃魚／娃娃鱼 (wáwayú)
小娃娃 (xiǎowáwa)
巫毒娃娃 (wūdú wáwa)
布娃娃 (bùwáwa)
懷娃娃／怀娃娃
泥娃娃 (níwáwa)
洋娃娃 (yángwáwa)
玩具娃娃 (wánjù wáwa)
私娃娃
芭比娃娃 (bābǐ wáwa)
雪娃娃

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