童謠 [－谣]

Jyutping tung4 jiu4
Pinyin tóng yáo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. nursery rhyme
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    兒童​唱​嘅​歌​謠​，​通常​短得​嚟​押​韻同​有​格律​（​量​詞​：​首​）
    children's folk rhyme; nursery rhyme
    • 月光光係一首好出名嘅童謠。
      月光光系一首好出名嘅童谣。
      jyut6 gwong1 gwong1 hai6 jat1 sau2 hou2 ceot1 meng2 ge3 tung4 jiu4.
      "The Moonlight" is a famous nursery rhyme.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, countable
    nursery rhyme; children's song (song for children) (Classifier: 首)
    (syn.) 儿歌, 兒歌, 催眠曲, 囡仔歌, 摇篮曲, 搖籃曲, 童歌
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    子姜辣，买菩达；菩达苦，买猪肚。（童谣《月光光》歌词）
    子薑辣，買菩達；菩達苦，買豬肚。（童謠《月光光》歌詞）
    zi2 goeng1 laat6, maai5 pou4 daat6. pou4 daat6 fu2, maai5 zyu1 tou5.
    • If the young ginger is spicy, buy bitter melons; if the bitter melons are bitter, buy a pig's stomach.
  2. Cantonese
    月光光系一首好出名嘅童谣。
    月光光係一首好出名嘅童謠。
    jyut6 gwong1 gwong1 hai6 jat1 sau2 hou2 ceot1 meng2 ge3 tung4 jiu4.
    • "The Moonlight" is a famous nursery rhyme.
  3. Cantonese
    童谣
    童謠
    tung4 jiu4
    • children's folk rhyme
  4. Cantonese
    「肥仔个头，大过五层楼；肥仔只手，细过荷兰豆。」（广州童谣歌词）
    「肥仔個頭，大過五層樓；肥仔隻手，細過荷蘭豆。」（廣州童謠歌詞）
    "fei4 zai2 go3 tau4, daai6 gwo3 ng5 cang4 lau4; fei4 zai2 zek3 sau2, sai3 gwo3 ho4 laan1 dau2."
    • "The head of the fat boy is bigger than the Five-Story Pagoda (Zhenhai Tower), while his hand is smaller than a snow pea." (lyrics from a nursery rhyme in Canton)
  5. Cantonese
    小蜜蜂，嗡嗡嗡（广东话童谣）
    小蜜蜂，嗡嗡嗡（廣東話童謠）
    siu2 mat6 fung1, jung1 jung1 jung1
    • little bee; buzz buzz buzz (Cantonese nursery rhyme)