<p>It is a list of 四川話 (Sichuan dialect) terms, I suppose it showed other provinces' visitors some basic terms in Sichuan  dialect</p>

<p>It includes : </p>

<p>夫妻為 「兩口子」(husband and wife is "兩口子")</p>

<p>最小兒女為「么兒」(smallest child is "么兒")</p>

<p>小妹妺為「么妺」; 「么姑娘」(youngest sister is "么妺" ; "么姑娘"</p>

<p>小弟弟為「么兄弟」(youngest brother is "么兄弟")</p>

<p>The one sentence you are asking is:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>幼叔為「么叔」(youngest uncle is "么叔" )</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The  Chinese 「  mark below 为  bent left instead of bent right, because the text was written in vertical right to left Chinese style.</p>

<p>I bet Sichuan dialect speakers can guess the missing characters better than Mandarin speakers. I couldn't figure out 「屋里」 in 男人稱妻人為「屋里」(men call their wives as "屋里")</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>I've got this horrible scan from《旅行雜志》1945年第7期，第8頁 and I'm trying to make out the characters:</p>

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  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/9pElc.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/9pElc.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
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<p>What I've got so far:</p>

<p>幼儿为「么？」</p>

<p>Any idea what the missing character is?</p>

<p>A logical answer would be: 兒, but it doesn't really look like that.</p>

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please show the whole sentence or paragraph. Such little information is not difficult even to natives :)
Toosky Hierot
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@TooskyHierot That's the whole sentence. The article is just filled with short bursts of info like: 夫妻名为「两口子」& 乡人称妻为「屋里」。If you really want to see the full section, it's here: https://i.sstatic.net/0jnLL.png - but I don't think it's going to help much with answering this question because like I mentioned, it's a really horrible scan.
Mou某
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I feel it like 幼敘為「幺〇」
Toosky Hierot
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Sometimes 么 is used as an alternative form of 幺, which means youngest.
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What's the missing character: 幼儿为「么？」?
# What's the missing character: 幼儿为「么？」?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-07)

I've got this horrible scan from《旅行雜志》1945年第7期，第8頁 and I'm trying to make out the characters:

> [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/9pElc.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/9pElc.png)

What I've got so far:

幼儿为「么？」

Any idea what the missing character is?

A logical answer would be: 兒, but it doesn't really look like that.

**Tags:** character-identification

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: please show the whole sentence or paragraph. Such little information is not difficult even to natives :)  
> **username_0**: @username_1 That's the whole sentence. The article is just filled with short bursts of info like: 夫妻名为「两口子」& 乡人称妻为「屋里」。If you really want to see the full section, it's here: https://i.sstatic.net/0jnLL.png - but I don't think it's going to help much with answering this question because like I mentioned, it's a really horrible scan.  
> **username_1**: I feel it like 幼敘為「幺〇」  
> **username_2**: Sometimes 么 is used as an alternative form of 幺, which means youngest.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-03-07. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

It is a list of 四川話 (Sichuan dialect) terms, I suppose it showed other provinces' visitors some basic terms in Sichuan dialect

It includes :

夫妻為 「兩口子」(husband and wife is "兩口子")

最小兒女為「么兒」(smallest child is "么兒")

小妹妺為「么妺」; 「么姑娘」(youngest sister is "么妺" ; "么姑娘"

小弟弟為「么兄弟」(youngest brother is "么兄弟")

The one sentence you are asking is:

> 幼叔為「么叔」(youngest uncle is "么叔" )

The Chinese 「 mark below 为 bent left instead of bent right, because the text was written in vertical right to left Chinese style.

I bet Sichuan dialect speakers can guess the missing characters better than Mandarin speakers. I couldn't figure out 「屋里」 in 男人稱妻人為「屋里」(men call their wives as "屋里")


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