| Variety
| Location
| Words |
| Classical Chinese |
子, 孩, 童, 孺子, 幼 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
兒童, 小孩, 孩子, 小孩子, 小朋友, 小童, 孩童, 幼兒, 孩提 |
| Northeastern Mandarin |
Beijing |
小孩兒 |
| Taiwan |
小孩, 小孩子, 小朋友 |
| Langfang |
小孩兒 |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) |
小孩兒 |
| Harbin |
小孩兒, 小孩伢子, 小尕兒, 小尕子, 毛孩子, 小孩崽子, 孩崽子, 小屄崽子, 小豆包兒 |
| Malaysia |
小孩子 |
| Singapore |
小孩子, 小朋友 |
| Jilu Mandarin |
Tianjin |
小孩兒, 小巴拉子, 小嘎巴豆子 humorous, 小毛孩子, 小毛孩兒, 小屁孩兒 |
| Tangshan |
小孩兒 |
| Cangzhou |
小孩子 |
| Baoding |
小孩兒 |
| Shijiazhuang |
小孩兒 |
| Jinan |
小孩兒, 孩子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin |
Yantai (Muping) |
小孩兒, 小孩子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin |
Luoyang |
小孩兒, 孩子 |
| Daming |
小孩兒 |
| Wanrong |
小娃, 猴娃子 |
| Kaifeng |
小孩兒 |
| Xi'an |
娃, 碎娃, 碎娃兒, 碎子兒 |
| Xining |
娃娃家, 尕扎兒, 尕娃, 尕脬蛋 |
| Xuzhou |
小孩兒, 小孩子, 孩子, 孩子蛋, 坷垃頭兒, 坷垃頭子, 小巴狗兒, 巴狗兒 |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) |
娃娃, 娃 |
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) |
娃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin |
Yinchuan |
娃娃 |
| Bayanhot |
娃娃 |
| Lanzhou |
娃娃, 尕的個, 狗娃, 尕, 壞子兒, 子子子 |
| Ürümqi |
娃娃, 尕娃娃, 巴郎子, 子子子, 尕子兒, 尕子子子, 泡克子兒, 尕蹦豆兒, 尕㞞, 熱子兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin |
Chengdu |
娃兒, 小娃兒, 娃娃, 小娃娃, 娃子, 小人, 崽崽, 崽兒 |
| Wuhan |
小伢, 伢, 小把戲, 小蘿蔔坨, 蘿蔔坨 |
| Guiyang |
娃娃, 娃兒, 小崽 |
| Kunming |
娃娃, 小娃娃, 小鬼, 小鬼娃娃 |
| Guilin |
把爺, 小把爺, 把爺崽 |
| Liuzhou |
娃崽, 小娃崽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin |
Nanjing |
娃兒, 娃娃, 小娃兒, 小孩兒, 孩子 |
| Yangzhou |
霞子, 小霞子, 小鬼豆子, 小把戲 |
| Nantong |
伢兒, 小人兒, 小把戲, 小伢兒, 小兵瘌子, 小八瘌子, 小蘿蔔頭兒, 細伢兒 |
| Hefei |
小霞子, 伢子, 小伢子 |
| Huanggang |
細伢兒 |
| Mandarin |
Nanping (Yanping) |
阿崽哥 |
| Cantonese |
Guangzhou |
細路, 細路仔, 細佬仔, 細佬哥, 細路哥, 細蚊仔, 豆釘, 塞竇窿 |
| Hong Kong |
細路, 細路仔, 細佬哥, 細路哥, 細蚊仔, 豆釘, 塞竇窿, 小朋友 |
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) |
細蚊仔 |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) |
細蚊仔, 細佬仔, 細佬哥 |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) |
細佬哥 |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) |
細蚊仔 |
| Macau |
細蚊仔 |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) |
細蚊仔, 細佬仔 |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) |
細佬哥 |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) |
細蚊仔, 細路仔, 人仔 |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) |
細蚊仔 |
| Foshan |
細蚊仔, 細路仔 |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) |
嫩蚊仔 |
| Foshan (Shunde) |
細路哥 |
| Foshan (Sanshui) |
細路哥 |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) |
細蚊仔 |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) |
細佬哥 |
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) |
細路仔 |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) |
細佬哥 |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) |
細佬哥 |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) |
細佬哥 |
| Taishan |
細民仔, 細佬哥 |
| Kaiping (Chikan) |
細民仔 |
| Enping (Niujiang) |
細蚊仔, 細路仔 |
| Heshan (Yayao) |
心滿仔 |
| Dongguan |
細蚊仔, 細路哥, 細路 |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) |
細蚊仔, 細佬哥 |
| Shenzhen (Dapeng) |
細蚊仔 |
| Qingyuan |
細佬哥, 細蚊仔 |
| Fogang |
細蚊仔 |
| Yingde (Hanguang) |
細佬哥, 細蚊仔 |
| Yangshan |
細蚊仔, 正蚊仔 |
| Lianshan (Butian) |
細子兒 |
| Shaoguan |
細佬哥, 細蚊仔 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
細蚊仔, 細路哥 |
| Renhua |
細佬哥 |
| Lechang |
細蚊仔 |
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) |
細蚊仔, 細佬哥 |
| Sihui |
細蚊仔, 細佬哥 |
| Guangning |
細蚊仔 |
| Deqing |
細佬仔 |
| Huaiji |
細蚊仔 |
| Fengkai (Nanfeng) |
兒仔 |
| Yunfu |
細佬哥 |
| Xinxing |
細蚊仔 |
| Luoding |
細蚊仔 |
| Yunan (Pingtai) |
細佬哥 |
| Yangjiang |
細蚊仔, 細仔 |
| Xinyi |
儂, 細儂 |
| Lianjiang |
細蚊仔, 細路仔 |
| Nanning |
細鬼, 細蚊仔, 細佬哥 |
| Wuzhou |
細路仔, 細佬哥, 蘇蝦仔 |
| Yulin |
儂兒, 𱒃儂 |
| Hepu (Shatian) |
儂伢 |
| Beihai |
細蚊仔 |
| Beihai (Nankang) |
細路哥 |
| Beihai (Yingpan) |
儂伢兒 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) |
細蚊仔, 細佬哥 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) |
細蚊仔, 細佬仔 |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) |
細佬哥 |
| Danzhou |
細儂 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) |
細蚊仔 |
| Penang (Guangfu) |
細路, 細路仔 |
| Singapore (Guangfu) |
細路, 細路仔, 細佬哥 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) |
細蚊仔 |
| Móng Cái |
細佬哥 |
| Gan |
Nanchang |
細人子, 細伢子, 小朋友, 小把戲, 鬼鬼子, 小鬼, 細鬼, 孩兒 |
| Lichuan |
伢崽兒 |
| Pingxiang |
伢妹仔 |
| Hakka |
Meixian |
細人仔, 細𧊅仔, 細鬼仔, 細佬哥, 細仔 |
| Xingning |
細仔子, 阿僬哩, 阿僬伯 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) |
細佬哥, 細仔 |
| Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) |
細仔 |
| Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) |
細仔 |
| Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) |
細仔 |
| Huidong (Daling) |
阿僬仔 |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) |
細佬哥 |
| Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) |
阿僬仔 |
| Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) |
僬仔 |
| Boluo (Bendihua) |
細蚊仔哎 |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) |
老弟仔, 老妹仔 |
| Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) |
阿僬仔 |
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan) |
僬仔 |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) |
僬仔 |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) |
細仔哩, 阿僬哩 |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) |
細人哩, 細仔哩, 細哩, 細佬哥 |
| Wuhua (Changbu) |
細仔哩, 阿僬哩 |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) |
阿僬哩 |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) |
細蚊仔, 鬼仔 |
| Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) |
阿僬仔, 細佬仔 |
| Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) |
細佬哥 |
| Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) |
細蚊仔 |
| Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) |
細佬哥 |
| Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) |
細佬哥 |
| Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) |
細佬哥 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
細人子, 細蚊子 |
| Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) |
細佬哥 |
| Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) |
細仔 |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) |
細佬仔 |
| Liannan |
細子 |
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) |
細仔 |
| Jiexi |
細人 |
| Changting |
細人哩 |
| Wuping |
細人子 |
| Wuping (Pingyu) |
細人子 |
| Liancheng |
細人子 |
| Ninghua |
大細子, 子女, 子女哩 |
| Yudu |
細人子, 小鬼 |
| Ruijin |
細人子 |
| Shicheng |
大細子 |
| Shangyou (Shexi) |
細伢子 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) |
細人仔, 細孲仔 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) |
細人仔, 細孲仔 |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) |
細人仔, 細孲仔 |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) |
細人, 細孲 |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) |
細人仔, 細子人, 細孲仔 |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) |
細子, 細子人 |
| Hong Kong |
僬仔, 細佬哥 |
| Luchuan |
大細兒 |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) |
大細兒 |
| Sabah (Longchuan) |
細蚊仔, 細佬哥 |
| Senai (Huiyang) |
阿僬仔, 細蚊仔 |
| Kuching (Hepo) |
細人 |
| Singkawang |
細貨, 細人 |
| Huizhou |
Jixi |
細人家, 細鬼, 妹, 細家伙 |
| Shexian |
小人家 |
| Huangshan (Tunxi) |
囝, 囝仂家, 細兒囝, 細囝 |
| Xiuning |
囝仂家 |
| Yixian |
囝兒 |
| Qimen |
小囝, 囝 |
| Wuyuan |
細人家, 細人 |
| Dexing |
嫩人家 |
| Jingde |
小免伲 |
| Shitai (Xianyu) |
點點們兒 |
| Jin |
Taiyuan |
娃娃, 小娃娃, 小鬼 |
| Xinzhou |
娃娃 |
| Hohhot |
娃娃 |
| Zhangjiakou |
小孩兒 |
| Handan |
小孩兒 |
| Northern Min |
Jian'ou |
囝仔, 囝仔人 |
| Jian'ou (Dikou) |
囝仔 |
| Songxi |
囝仔, 囝仔人 |
| Zhenghe |
囝仔 |
| Jianyang |
囝仔 |
| Wuyishan |
囝仔 |
| Pucheng (Shibei) |
囝仔 |
| Eastern Min |
Fuzhou |
兒囝, 兒囝哥, 孩兒 |
| Fuzhou (Changle) |
兒囝 |
| Fuqing |
兒囝, 兒囝哥, 兒囝鬼 |
| Yongtai |
兒囝 |
| Gutian |
傀儡囝 |
| Fu'an |
傀儡 |
| Ningde |
傀儡 |
| Shouning |
傀儡 |
| Zhouning |
傀儡, 傀儡囝 |
| Fuding |
傀儡, 傀儡囝 |
| Matsu |
兒囝, 兒囝哥 |
| Sitiawan (Gutian) |
傀儡囝 |
| Southern Min |
Xiamen |
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔, 囡仔兄, 囡仔疕, 囡仔栽, 小髫 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) |
囡仔 |
| Quanzhou |
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔, 囡仔栽, 小髫 |
| Jinjiang |
囡仔 |
| Hui'an |
囡仔 |
| Yongchun |
囡囝 |
| Zhangzhou |
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔, 細漢的, 囡仔嬰, 囡仔囝, 囡仔疕, 囡仔栽, 囡仔包, 囡仔鬼, 小髫 |
| Zhangzhou (Changtai) |
囡仔, 嬰仔 |
| Zhangpu |
囡仔 |
| Yunxiao |
小囡仔 |
| Zhao'an |
囡仔, 細囝仔 |
| Taipei |
囡仔 |
| Taipei (Wanhua) |
囡仔 |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) |
囡仔 |
| Kaohsiung |
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 囡仔囝 |
| Yilan |
囡仔 |
| Changhua (Lukang) |
囡仔 |
| Taichung |
囡仔 |
| Taichung (Wuqi) |
囡仔 |
| Tainan |
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 囡仔囝 |
| Taitung |
囡仔 |
| Hsinchu |
囡仔 |
| Kinmen |
囡仔 |
| Penghu (Magong) |
囡仔 |
| Penang (Hokkien) |
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 囡仔囝, 囝 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) |
囡仔, 囡仔疕, 囡仔嬰, 囡仔儂, 無拉, 細囝, 小髫 |
| Manila (Hokkien) |
囡仔 |
| Longyan |
嬰仔儂 |
| Zhangping |
嬰儂 |
| Zhangping (Yongfu) |
嬰仔儂, 嬰仔 |
| Datian |
囡仔 |
| Chaozhou |
孥囝 |
| Shantou |
孥囝, 細囝 |
| Shantou (Chenghai) |
孥囝 |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) |
孥囝, 細孥囝 |
| Jieyang |
孥囝, 孥囝鬼 |
| Haifeng |
郎仔, 郎仔儂 |
| Bangkok (Teochew) |
孥囝 |
| Chiang Mai (Teochew) |
孥囝 |
| Hat Yai (Teochew) |
孥囝 |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) |
孥囝 |
| Penang (Teochew) |
孥囝 |
| Singapore (Teochew) |
孥囝 |
| Batam (Teochew) |
孥囝 |
| Leizhou |
儂囝 |
| Wenchang |
孧囝 |
| Haikou |
細囝, 孧囝 |
| Qionghai |
孧囝 |
| Singapore (Hainanese) |
孧囝 |
| Puxian Min |
Putian |
呆囝, 阿毜, 阿毜師 |
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) |
家矮, 家矮儂 |
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) |
呆囝, 阿毜師 |
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) |
呆囝, 阿毜, 阿毜師 |
| Xianyou |
囝矮, 阿咪師 |
| Xianyou (Fengting) |
囝矮, 阿咪師 |
| Xianyou (Youyang) |
呆囝 |
| Central Min |
Yong'an |
囝仔倽 |
| Sanming (Sanyuan) |
囝仔倽, 囝仔 |
| Sanming (Shaxian) |
囝仔倽 |
| Zhongshan Min |
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) |
細蚊囝 |
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang) |
細佬哥 |
| Southern Pinghua |
Nanning (Tingzi) |
細蚊崽, 細鬼崽, 鬼崽 |
| Shehua |
Fu'an |
生仔 |
| Luoyuan |
細仔 |
| Sanming |
細仔 |
| Shunchang |
細仔哥 |
| Hua'an |
細仔 |
| Guixi (Zhangping) |
細仔 |
| Chaozhou |
細仔 |
| Fengshun |
細人仔 |
| Waxiang |
Guzhang (Gaofeng) |
伢子子 |
| Wu |
Shanghai |
小人, 小囡, 囡, 小八臘子, 小把戲, 小赤佬, 小鬼頭, 小鬼, 小棺材, 小鬼三 |
| Shanghai (Songjiang) |
小囡, 小把戲 |
| Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) |
小囡 |
| Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) |
小囡 |
| Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) |
小囡, 小囡兒 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) |
小囡, 小囡頭子, 小官, 小官頭子 |
| Suzhou |
小人, 小干, 小干兒, 小囡, 小赤佬, 小鬼 |
| Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) |
小百戲 |
| Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) |
小百戲 |
| Wuxi |
佬小, 小佬小, 細佬小, 小倌 |
| Changshu |
小干, 小鬼, 小活生 |
| Kunshan |
小干, 小鬼 |
| Jiaxing |
小人, 小鬼頭 |
| Changzhou |
小佬 |
| Liyang |
細佬家 |
| Yixing |
小佬, 細俵則, 細賊 |
| Danyang |
小兒, 小把戲, 小鬼頭子 |
| Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) |
小鬼 |
| Jingjiang |
小想, 小鬼 |
| Jiangyin |
小人, 小干, 小伢兒 |
| Huzhou (Shuanglin) |
小把戲, 囡囡 |
| Hangzhou |
小伢兒, 小鬼頭兒 |
| Hangzhou (Yuhang) |
小人 |
| Shaoxing |
小人, 小鬼 |
| Zhuji (Wangjiajing) |
小人 |
| Shengzhou (Chongren) |
小人, 小活猻, 小鬼頭 |
| Shengzhou (Taiping) |
小人, 小活猻 |
| Ningbo |
小人, 小小人, 小朋友, 小鬼, 小巴癩子, 小巴癩施, 小赤佬, 小癟三 |
| Yuyao |
小人, 小囡 |
| Zhoushan |
小人 |
| Taizhou (Huangyan) |
小猢猻, 小鬼 |
| Wenzhou |
細兒, 瑣細兒, 瑣個兒, 小溜溜, 娒娒, 娒, 阿娒, 蟹飯, 小細兒 |
| Quzhou |
小鬼, 小伢兒 |
| Jinhua |
小個, 小人, 小干, 小個人, 小碗 |
| Jinhua (Tangxi) |
小儂兒 |
| Yiwu |
小干 |
| Yongkang |
小人 |
| Xiang |
Changsha |
細伢子, 細人子, 伢妹子, 伢細子, 雞屎粒子 derogatory |
| Xiangtan |
細人唧 |
| Loudi |
細人唧, 細個唧, 細把戲唧 |
| Shuangfeng |
細人唧 |