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兒 (ji4) — final particle / suffix, placed after many commonly used nouns to avoid employing one-syllable terms in speech (very common in the Beijing dialect 北京話, see: 兒化, 兒化韻) in Cantonese

jiˎ₄兒
简 儿
Mandarin Pinyin: er2

Meaning of 兒

nounfinal particle / suffix, placed after many commonly used nouns to avoid employing one-syllable terms in speech (very common in the Beijing dialect 北京話, see: 兒化, 兒化韻)
nounson
nounoneself; referring to oneself when addressing parents
nounbaby; child
nounchildren/son

Example Sentences with 兒

他把好些書存放在我這兒了。
He has left a number of books with me.
這兒敗家子只會跟一班豬朋狗友吃喝嫖賭！
The only thing this good-for-nothing son does is to go around with some bad company and engage in all kinds of vice activities.
dungˊ²董sinˉ¹先saangˉ¹生tauˉ¹偷paak˗₃拍neoiˏ₅女pangˎ₄朋jauˏ₅友dikˉ¹的sapˍ₆十loiˎ₄來seoi˗₃歲dikˉ¹的neoiˏ₅女jiˎ₄兒saiˊ²洗zouˊ²澡
Mr. Dong is taking pictures of his girlfriend's teenage daughter bathing without her knowledge.
因為走投無路而被逼賣兒鬻女
Having no other way out, they were forced to sell their children.
我覺得普通話嘅兒化好惡聽
I think that erhua in Mandarin sounds horrible.
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Words Containing 兒

冰棍兒bing1 gwan3 ji4
ice-lolly; popsicle | Cant.: 雪條
擺譜兒baai2 pou2 ji4
to keep up appearances; to be ostentatious
板擦兒baan2 caat3 ji4
blackboard eraser; wiper
失學兒童sat1 hok6 ji4 tung4
a dropout from school
畸形兒kei1 jing4 ji4
deformed child; child with birth defect
包園兒baau1 jyun4 ji4
buy the whole lot; finish up or off
今兒gam1 ji4
today
捉兒人zuk1 ji1 jan1
hide and seek (捉伊人 is considered the correct version of this term though both are pronounced exactly the same)
鴨子兒aap3 zi2 ji4
duck's egg
果仁兒gwo2 jan4 ji4
kernel
兒童書ji4 tung4 syu1
children's book
高個兒gou1 go3 ji4
a tall person

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