Chinese Word: 儿 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

儿 (Trad.: 兒)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 1

Total strokes: 2; Radical: 儿

Pictographic:Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 丿 [ piě ] slash
- 乚 [ gōu ] secret, hidden, mysterious; small, minute; to conceal

Similar Characters: 兀扎几

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Pinyin: ér

English Definition:child; son

Chinese Definition:
①小孩子：儿戏。
②年轻的人(多指青年男子)：男儿。儿女情。
③男孩子：儿子。生儿育女。
④雄性的马：儿马。
⑤作助词(同前一字连成一个卷舌音)：小孩儿。

Example Words:

儿子HSK 1	ér zi	son
儿童HSK 4	ér tóng	child; Classifiers: 个
婴儿HSK 6	yīng ér	infant; baby; Classifiers: 个 ; lead (Pb)
幼儿园HSK 5	yòu ér yuán	kindergarten; nursery school
少儿	shào ér	child

Pinyin: r

English Definition:non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final

1		wǒ 我 qù něi ér 去哪儿？ Where am I going?
2		nǐ 你 zài 在 nǎ r 哪儿？ Where are you?
3		nǐ 你 méi shì r 没事儿 ba 吧？ Are you okay?
4		nín 您 yào 要 qù něi ér 去哪儿？ Where are you going?
5		xiǎo hái r 小孩儿 xǐ huan 喜欢 wán 玩。 Children like to play.

1		wǒ 我 qù něi ér 去哪儿？ Where am I going?
2		nǐ 你 zài 在 nǎ r 哪儿？ Where are you?
3		nǐ 你 méi shì r 没事儿 ba 吧？ Are you okay?
4		nín 您 yào 要 qù něi ér 去哪儿？ Where are you going?
5		xiǎo hái r 小孩儿 xǐ huan 喜欢 wán 玩。 Children like to play.