In the northwest, people fondly call a little child 'gawazi'.
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尕 is a northwestern dialect word ('small / little / cute') with no use in standard Mandarin, where 小 is used. It is built as 乃 over 小, appearing in regional names and words like 尕娃 ('little kid').
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Dialectal only - Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia speech and personal names; not used in formal or standard written Chinese.
