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

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• 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

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