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儿

ér

HSK 1 Character Traditional 兒

What 儿 means

1. child
2. son

Other readings

儿 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• rnon-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final

Example sentences

• 没事儿。
  Méishìr.
  No problem.
• 哪儿痛？
  Where does it hurt?
• 哪儿疼？
  Where does it hurt?
• 你在哪儿?
  Where are you?
• 你去哪儿？
  Where are you going?
• 今儿周一。
  It is Monday today.

Words starting with 儿

• 儿子ér zison
• 儿童ér tóngchild
• 儿女ér nǚchildren; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love)
• 儿时ér shíchildhood
• 儿歌ér gēnursery rhyme
• 儿媳ér xídaughter-in-law
• 儿媳妇ér xí fùdaughter-in-law
• 儿童节Ér tóng jiéChildren's Day
• 儿孙ér sūndescendant
• 儿戏ér xìchild's play; trifling matter
• 儿科ér kēpediatrics
• 儿化ér huà(Chinese phonetics) to rhotacize a syllable final; to apply r-coloring to the final of a…
• 儿马ér mǎ(colloquial) male horse; stallion
• 儿童基金会Ér tóng Jī jīn huìUNICEF (United Nations Children's fund)
• 儿童权利公约ér tóng quán lì gōng yuēConvention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
• 儿化音ér huà yīn(Chinese phonetics) erhua (the sound of the r-coloring of a syllable final)
• 儿女双全ér nǚ shuāng quánto have both a son and a daughter
• 儿童乐园ér tóng lè yuánchildren's play area
• 儿茶素ér chá sùcatechin (biochemistry)
• 儿女英雄传Ér nǚ Yīng xióng ZhuànThe Gallant Maid, novel by Manchu-born Qing dynasty writer 文康
• 儿化韵ér huà yùn(Chinese phonetics) syllable final with r-coloring; rhotacized syllable final
• 儿媳妇儿ér xí fù rerhua form of 儿媳妇
• 儿孙自有儿孙福ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fúyounger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
• 儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pína son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for…

Words containing 儿

• 女儿nǚ érdaughter
• 一会儿yī huì ra moment; a while; in a moment
• 这儿zhè rhere
• 幼儿园yòu ér yuánkindergarten; nursery school
• 那儿nà rthere
• 哪儿nǎ rwhere?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?…
• 婴儿yīng érinfant; baby; lead (Pb)
• 心眼儿xīn yǎn rone's thoughts; mind; intention
• 孩儿hái rchild
• 会儿huì r(colloquial) a short while; a moment
• 活儿huó rwork; (lots of) things to do
• 幼儿yòu éryoung child; infant; preschooler
• 味儿wèi rtaste
• 哥们儿gē men rerhua form of 哥们
• 孤儿gū érorphan
• 那会儿nà huì rat that time (in the past or the future); also pr. nèi huì r
• 个儿gè rsize; height; stature
• 今儿jīn r(colloquial) today
• 小儿xiǎo éryoung child; (humble) my son
• 自个儿zì gě r(dialect) oneself; by oneself
• 胎儿tāi érunborn child; fetus; embryo
• 头儿tóu rleader
• 少儿shào érchild
• 男儿nán éra (real) man; boy; son

Characters that look like 儿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 几jǐhow many; how much; several; a few
• 凡fánordinary; commonplace; mundane

Sounds the same

Read ér, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 而and; as well as; and so
• 鸸used in 鸸鹋
• 陑place name
• 鲕caviar; fish roe
• 耏beard
• 洏to flow (as water or tears)
• 栭tree mushroom
• 胹overcooked; soft
• 唲forced laughter
• 輀hearse
• 轜variant of 輀