| Variety
| Location
| Words |
| Classical Chinese |
子, 兒, 男兒 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
兒子, 男孩, 男孩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin |
Beijing |
兒子, 小子 |
| Taiwan |
兒子 |
| Chengde |
小子 |
| Chifeng |
兒子, 小子 |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) |
兒子 |
| Heihe |
兒子, 小子 |
| Qiqihar |
兒子, 小子 |
| Harbin |
兒子, 小子 |
| Jiamusi |
兒子, 小子 |
| Baicheng |
兒子, 小子 |
| Changchun |
兒子 |
| Tonghua |
兒子, 小子 |
| Shenyang |
兒子, 小子 |
| Jinzhou |
兒子, 小子 |
| Malaysia |
兒子 |
| Singapore |
兒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin |
Tianjin |
兒子, 小子, 少的 |
| Tangshan |
兒子, 小子 |
| Cangzhou |
兒子, 小子 |
| Baoding |
兒子, 小子 |
| Shijiazhuang |
兒得 |
| Lijin |
兒, 小廝 |
| Weifang (Weicheng) |
兒 |
| Weifang (Fangzi) |
兒 |
| Changle |
兒 |
| Shouguang |
兒 |
| Wulian |
小兒 |
| Jinan |
兒, 兒子, 小子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin |
Dalian |
兒子 |
| Dandong |
兒子, 小子 |
| Yantai |
小子 |
| Yantai (Muping) |
兒郎, 兒 |
| Qingdao |
兒 |
| Weifang (Hanting) |
兒 |
| Changyi |
兒 |
| Gaomi |
兒 |
| Zhucheng |
兒 |
| Anqiu |
兒 |
| Linqu |
兒 |
| Qingzhou |
兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin |
Luoyang |
兒子 |
| Lingbao |
兒子 |
| Jining |
兒, 兒子 |
| Wanrong |
娃, 兒 |
| Linfen |
兒 |
| Shangqiu |
兒得 |
| Yuanyang |
兒子, 小子 |
| Zhengzhou |
孩兒, 小子 |
| Xinyang |
兒 |
| Baihe |
兒子 |
| Xi'an |
兒, 兒子 |
| Baoji |
兒 |
| Tianshui |
兒子, 後人 |
| Xining |
兒子, 娃娃, 尕娃 |
| Xuzhou |
兒子, 小子 |
| Fuyang |
兒子 |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) |
兒子, 兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin |
Yinchuan |
兒子 |
| Lanzhou |
兒子, 後人 |
| Dunhuang |
娃子 |
| Hami |
兒子 |
| Ürümqi |
兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin |
Chengdu |
兒子, 兒 |
| Nanchong |
兒子 |
| Dazhou |
兒子, 娃兒 |
| Hanyuan |
兒, 兒子 |
| Xichang |
兒, 兒子, 娃娃 |
| Zigong |
兒子 |
| Chongqing |
兒子, 娃兒, 兒 |
| Wuhan |
兒子 |
| Yichang |
兒子, 小鬼 |
| Xiangyang |
兒子 |
| Tianmen |
兒子 |
| Guiyang |
兒子, 男娃娃, 男娃兒 |
| Zunyi |
娃兒, 兒 |
| Bijie |
兒子 |
| Liping |
崽 |
| Zhaotong |
兒子 |
| Dali |
兒子 |
| Kunming |
兒子, 小子 |
| Mengzi |
兒子 |
| Guilin |
崽, 兒子 |
| Liuzhou |
崽, 兒子 |
| Sanjiang (Danzhou) |
娃崽 |
| Jishou |
兒 |
| Changde |
兒子 |
| Hanzhong |
兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin |
Nanjing |
兒子 |
| Yangzhou |
兒子 |
| Lianyungang |
兒子 |
| Lianshui |
兒子 |
| Nantong |
侯 |
| Anqing |
兒子 |
| Wuhu |
兒子 |
| Hefei |
兒子 |
| Huanggang |
兒 |
| Hong'an |
兒, 兒把子 |
| Cantonese |
Guangzhou |
仔 |
| Hong Kong |
仔, 阿仔, 仔仔 |
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) |
仔 |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) |
仔 |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) |
仔 |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) |
仔 |
| Macau |
仔 |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) |
仔 |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) |
仔 |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) |
仔 |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) |
仔 |
| Foshan |
仔 |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) |
仔 |
| Foshan (Shunde) |
仔 |
| Foshan (Sanshui) |
仔 |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) |
仔 |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) |
仔 |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) |
仔 |
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) |
仔 |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) |
仔 |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) |
仔 |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) |
仔 |
| Taishan |
仔 |
| Kaiping (Chikan) |
仔 |
| Enping (Niujiang) |
仔 |
| Heshan (Yayao) |
仔 |
| Dongguan |
仔 |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) |
仔 |
| Shenzhen (Dapeng) |
阿仔 |
| Qingyuan |
仔 |
| Fogang |
仔 |
| Yingde (Hanguang) |
仔 |
| Yangshan |
仔 |
| Lianshan (Butian) |
仔 |
| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) |
仔 |
| Shaoguan |
仔 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
仔 |
| Renhua |
仔 |
| Lechang |
仔 |
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) |
仔 |
| Sihui |
仔 |
| Guangning |
仔 |
| Deqing |
仔 |
| Huaiji |
仔 |
| Fengkai (Nanfeng) |
仔 |
| Yunfu |
仔 |
| Xinxing |
仔 |
| Luoding |
仔 |
| Yunan (Pingtai) |
仔 |
| Yangjiang |
仔 |
| Xinyi |
仔 |
| Maoming (Xinpo) |
仔 |
| Lianjiang |
仔 |
| Wuchuan (Wuyang) |
仔, 仔兒 |
| Nanning |
仔 |
| Wuzhou |
仔 |
| Yulin |
儂 |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) |
仔 |
| Guiping |
仔 |
| Mengshan (Xihe) |
兒 |
| Guigang (Nanjiang) |
儂 |
| Beiliu (Tangliao) |
仔 |
| Baise |
仔 |
| Bobai |
仔 |
| Lingshan |
仔 |
| Pubei |
仔 |
| Qinzhou |
仔 |
| Beihai |
仔 |
| Beihai (Nankang) |
仔 |
| Beihai (Yingpan) |
仔 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) |
仔 |
| Ningming |
仔 |
| Hengzhou |
兒 |
| Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) |
仔 |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) |
仔 |
| Danzhou |
兒 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) |
仔 |
| Singapore (Guangfu) |
仔 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) |
仔 |
| Móng Cái |
仔 |
| Gan |
Nanchang |
崽 |
| Lichuan |
崽, 子 |
| Pingxiang |
崽, 倈牯, 倈 |
| Hakka |
Meixian |
倈仔 |
| Xingning |
倈哩 |
| Dabu (Xihe) |
倈兒, 子 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) |
阿仔, 子 |
| Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) |
阿仔 |
| Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) |
阿仔 |
| Huiyang |
倈子 |
| Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) |
阿仔 |
| Huidong (Daling) |
倈伊 |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) |
倈 |
| Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) |
仔 |
| Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) |
仔 |
| Boluo (Bendihua) |
阿仔 |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) |
倈 |
| Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) |
倈子 |
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan) |
倈子 |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) |
倈子 |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) |
倈哩 |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) |
倈哩 |
| Wuhua (Changbu) |
倈哩 |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) |
倈哩 |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) |
阿仔 |
| Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) |
仔 |
| Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) |
仔 |
| Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) |
仔 |
| Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) |
仔 |
| Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) |
仔, 阿仔 |
| Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) |
仔 |
| Wengyuan |
倈子 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
倈子 |
| Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) |
阿仔 |
| Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) |
仔, 阿仔 |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) |
阿弟 |
| Liannan |
倈子 |
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) |
仔 |
| Jiexi |
倈 |
| Luhe |
倈仔 |
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) |
阿子 |
| Changting |
倈子, 子哩, 子 |
| Wuping |
子哩, 兒子 |
| Wuping (Yanqian) |
子哩 |
| Wuping (Pingyu) |
倈子 |
| Liancheng |
子, 倈倈子 |
| Ninghua |
子 |
| Yudu |
子 |
| Ningdu |
倈子 |
| Ruijin |
子 |
| Shicheng |
崽 |
| Shangyou (Shexi) |
崽, 倈兒 |
| Tonggu (Sandu) |
倈子 |
| Ganzhou (Panlong) |
崽 |
| Dayu |
崽哩 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) |
倈仔 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) |
倈仔 |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) |
倈仔 |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) |
倈, 細倈 |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) |
倈仔 |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) |
後生 |
| Hong Kong |
倈子 |
| Yangxi (Tangkou) |
子 |
| Yangchun (Sanjia) |
仔 |
| Xinyi (Sihe) |
仔, 子 |
| Xinyi (Qianpai) |
子, 仔 |
| Gaozhou (Xindong) |
子 |
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) |
子 |
| Huazhou (Xin'an) |
子 |
| Lianjiang (Shijiao) |
倈子, 子 |
| Lianjiang (Qingping) |
子 |
| Mengshan (Xihe) |
倈 |
| Luchuan |
子 |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) |
子 |
| Bobai (Shahe) |
子 |
| Beiliu (Tang'an) |
倈 |
| Sabah (Bao'an) |
倈子 |
| Sabah (Longchuan) |
倈哩 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) |
倈 |
| Senai (Huiyang) |
倈子 |
| Singkawang |
倈子 |
| Huizhou |
Jixi |
兒子 |
| Shexian |
兒子, 伢兒 |
| Huangshan (Tunxi) |
兒子 |
| Xiuning |
兒子 |
| Yixian |
兒子 |
| Qimen |
兒子 |
| Wuyuan |
兒子, 小倈 |
| Fuliang |
崽 |
| Dexing |
兒子 |
| Shitai (Xianyu) |
兒子 |
| Jin |
Taiyuan |
兒子, 小子 |
| Pingyao |
小子 |
| Datong |
兒子, 小子 |
| Xinzhou |
兒, 小子 |
| Lüliang (Lishi) |
兒, 小子 |
| Changzhi |
兒得, 孩得 |
| Linhe |
兒子, 小子 |
| Jining |
小子 |
| Hohhot |
兒子, 小子 |
| Erenhot |
小子 |
| Pingshan |
小子 |
| Zhangjiakou |
兒子 |
| Handan |
兒子, 小子 |
| Linzhou |
孩哦 |
| Suide |
兒, 小子 |
| Northern Min |
Jian'ou |
囝, 囝仔 |
| Jian'ou (Dikou) |
囝 |
| Songxi |
囝 |
| Zhenghe |
囝 |
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian) |
囝 |
| Jianyang |
囝 |
| Jianyang (Huangkeng) |
囝 |
| Wuyishan |
囝 |
| Pucheng (Shibei) |
囝 |
| Eastern Min |
Fuzhou |
囝, 丈夫囝 |
| Fuzhou (Changle) |
囝 |
| Lianjiang |
囝 |
| Fuqing |
囝 |
| Pingtan |
囝 |
| Yongtai |
囝 |
| Minqing |
囝 |
| Gutian |
囝 |
| Pingnan |
囝 |
| Luoyuan |
囝 |
| Fu'an |
囝 |
| Ningde |
囝 |
| Xiapu |
囝 |
| Zherong |
囝 |
| Shouning |
囝 |
| Zhouning |
囝 |
| Fuding |
囝 |
| Matsu |
囝 |
| Southern Min |
Xiamen |
囝, 後生, 後的 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) |
囝, 後生 |
| Quanzhou |
囝, 後生, 囡仔 |
| Jinjiang |
囝 |
| Nan'an |
囝 |
| Shishi |
囝 |
| Hui'an |
囝 |
| Anxi |
囝 |
| Yongchun |
囝 |
| Dehua |
囝 |
| Zhangzhou |
囝, 後生 |
| Zhangzhou (Longhai) |
囝, 後生 |
| Zhangzhou (Changtai) |
後生 |
| Hua'an |
後生, 囝 |
| Nanjing |
後生 |
| Pinghe |
囝, 後生 |
| Zhangpu |
囝, 後生 |
| Yunxiao |
後生, 囝 |
| Zhao'an |
囝 |
| Dongshan |
囝, 後生 |
| Taipei |
囝, 後生 |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) |
囝, 後生 |
| Kaohsiung |
囝, 後生 |
| Yilan |
囝, 後生 |
| Changhua (Lukang) |
囝, 後生 |
| Taichung |
囝, 後生, 後的 |
| Tainan |
囝, 後生 |
| Hsinchu |
囝, 後生 |
| Kinmen |
囝, 後生 |
| Penghu (Magong) |
囝, 後生 |
| Penang (Hokkien) |
囝, 後生 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) |
囝, 後生, 後生囝, 丈夫囝 |
| Manila (Hokkien) |
囝, 後生 |
| Longyan |
後生, 囝 |
| Zhangping |
後生, 囝 |
| Zhangping (Yongfu) |
囝, 後生 |
| Datian |
囝 |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) |
崽 |
| Chaozhou |
囝, 逗囝 |
| Shantou |
囝, 逗囝 |
| Shantou (Chenghai) |
囝, 逗囝 |
| Jieyang |
囝, 逗囝, 孥, 阿孥 |
| Lufeng |
囝 |
| Haifeng |
丈夫囝 |
| Bangkok (Teochew) |
逗囝 |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) |
丈夫囝 |
| Singapore (Teochew) |
囝, 丈夫囝, 逗囝 |
| Leizhou |
囝 |
| Wenchang |
囝, 丈夫囝 |
| Haikou |
囝, 細囝, 孧囝 |
| Qionghai |
囝 |
| Puxian Min |
Putian |
囝 |
| Xianyou |
囝 |
| Central Min |
Yong'an |
囝 |
| Sanming (Sanyuan) |
囝仔 |
| Sanming (Shaxian) |
囝仔 |
| Shaojiang Min |
Shaowu |
囝兒 |
| Guangze |
囝兒 |
| Jiangle |
囝 |
| Mingxi |
囝 |
| Shunchang |
囝 |
| Zhongshan Min |
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) |
囝 |
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang) |
囝 |
| Southern Pinghua |
Nanning (Tingzi) |
崽 |
| Northern Pinghua |
Guilin (Dahe) |
崽 |
| Shehua |
Fu'an |
仔 |
| Fuding |
仔 |
| Luoyuan |
仔 |
| Sanming |
仔 |
| Shunchang |
仔 |
| Hua'an |
仔 |
| Guixi (Zhangping) |
仔 |
| Cangnan |
仔 |
| Jingning (Hexi) |
仔 |
| Lishui |
仔 |
| Longyou |
仔 |
| Chaozhou |
仔 |
| Fengshun |
仔 |
| Wu |
Shanghai |
兒子 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) |
兒子 |
| Suzhou |
兒子 |
| Wuxi |
兒子 |
| Danyang |
兒子 |
| Hangzhou |
兒子, 伢兒 |
| Ningbo |
兒子 |
| Wenzhou |
兒 |
| Jinhua |
兒, 兒子 |
| Jinhua (Tangxi) |
兒 |
| Xiang |
Changsha |
崽伢子, 崽, 伢子 |
| Xiangtan |
崽, 崽伢唧 |
| Loudi |
崽 |
| Shuangfeng |
崽, 伢唧 |
| Hengyang |
崽 |
| Quanzhou |
崽 |
