爾爾

Chinese

		thus; so; like that thus; so; like that; you; thou	thus; so; like that thus; so; like that; you; thou
trad. (爾爾)		爾	爾
simp. (尔尔)		尔	尔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ěr'ěr

(Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄦˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ ji⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ěr'ěr [Phonetic: érěr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄦˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ěr-ěr
  - Wade–Giles: êrh³-êrh³
  - Yale: ěr-ěr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eeleel
  - Palladius: эрэр (erɛr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ ji⁵
  - Yale: yíh yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ jiː¹³/

Adjective

爾爾

(literary) so-so (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

不過爾爾／不过尔尔 (bùguò'ěr'ěr)
聊復爾爾／聊复尔尔

Pronunciation

Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): niā-niā / nā-niā / nǐ-liǎ

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niā-niā
  - Tâi-lô: niā-niā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niaxnia
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /niã²²⁻²¹ niã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /niã³³⁻¹¹ niã³³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /nia²²⁻²¹ nia²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /niã³³⁻²¹ niã³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nā-niā
  - Tâi-lô: nā-niā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: naxnia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nã²²⁻²¹ niã²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǐ-liǎ
  - Tâi-lô: nǐ-liǎ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²² lia²²/

Adverb

爾爾

(Min Nan) Modal particle at the end of a phrase: just; simply; that's all; nothing more; is all

Synonyms

云爾／云尔 (yún'ěr) (literary)
但定 (nā-tiāⁿ) (Min Nan)
定定 (Hakka)
罷了／罢了
而已 (éryǐ)

Further reading

“Entry #10687”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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