你儂我儂

Chinese

		you	I; me
trad. (你儂我儂)		你儂	我儂
simp. (你侬我侬)		你侬	我侬
Literally: “you and me”.

Etymology

From Guan Daosheng's poem in the early Yuan dynasty.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǐnóngwǒnóng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁵ nung⁴ ngo⁵ nung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǐnóngwǒnóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nǐnóngwǒnóng
  - Wade–Giles: ni³-nung²-wo³-nung²
  - Yale: nǐ-núng-wǒ-núng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niinongwoonong
  - Palladius: нинунвонун (ninunvonun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴⁻²¹ nʊŋ³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁵ nung⁴ ngo⁵ nung⁴
  - Yale: néih nùhng ngóh nùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵ nung⁴ ngo⁵ nung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵ nung⁴ ngo⁵ nung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³ nʊŋ²¹ ŋɔː¹³ nʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

你儂我儂

the intimate relations between man and woman; to bill and coo

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