兒子

He used up all of family's savings to help treat his son's disease.

他掏空家底給兒子治病。

他掏空家底给儿子治病。

(My) son's gotten skinny, says his bottom is itchy, has he got worms?

Érzi hěn shòuxuē, shuō pìgu yǎng, shìbùshì yǒu chóng le?

兒子很瘦削，說屁股癢，是不是有蟲了？

儿子很瘦削，说屁股痒，是不是有虫了？

/ˀɤɻ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

/ɚ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ɛɻ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/jiː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

/ᵑɡei²² tu⁵⁵/

/li²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

/li²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

/d͡zi¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

/d͡zi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/

/n̠ʲi²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

/n̠ʲi²² t͡sz̩³³/

/ˀɤɻ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

/ɚ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ɛɻ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/jiː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

/ᵑɡei²² tu⁵⁵/

/li²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

/li²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

/d͡zi¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

/d͡zi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/

/n̠ʲi²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

/n̠ʲi²² t͡sz̩³³/

/ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/


兒子

Can you become an infant? The infant will cry all the day, without its throat becoming hoarse – so perfect is the harmony (of its physical constitution).

Néng érzǐ hū? Érzǐ zhōngrì háo ér yì bù shà, hé zhī zhì yě.

能兒子乎？兒子終日嗥而嗌不嗄，和之至也。

能儿子乎？儿子终日嗥而嗌不嗄，和之至也。

When Empress Dowager Bo heard of it, Emperor Wen removed his hat and apologized, saying, “I have not instructed my children strictly.”

The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

Bó Tàihòu wén zhī, Wéndì miǎnguān xiè yuē: “Jiào érzǐ bù jǐn.”

薄太后聞之，文帝免冠謝曰：「教兒子不謹。」

薄太后闻之，文帝免冠谢曰：「教儿子不谨。」

Term of self-address, used by a man when speaking to elders.

/ˀɤɻ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

/ɚ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ɛɻ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/jiː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

/ᵑɡei²² tu⁵⁵/

/li²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

/li²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

/d͡zi¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

/d͡zi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/

/n̠ʲi²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

/n̠ʲi²² t͡sz̩³³/

/ˀɤɻ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

/ɚ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ɛɻ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/jiː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

/ᵑɡei²² tu⁵⁵/

/li²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

/li²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

/d͡zi¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

/d͡zi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/

/n̠ʲi²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

/n̠ʲi²² t͡sz̩³³/

/ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/