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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) in Cantonese

zukˉ¹捉jiˉ¹兒janˉ¹人
简 捉儿人
Mandarin Pinyin: zhuo1 er2 ren2

Meaning of 捉兒人

nounhide and seek (捉伊人 is considered the correct version of this term though both are pronounced exactly the same)
nounthe game of hide-and-seek game

Characters in 捉兒人

捉zuk1
grasp; seize hold of; clutch
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)
人jan4
manpower; staff; human resources

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