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  ji4   jyutping
  er2 er1 ni2 er5   pinyin
[1] [n] baby; child
[2] [n] son
[3] oneself; referring to oneself when addressing parents [4] 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)

Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: (#10)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
兒 / 儿

This word has been viewed 21708 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Mar 2010 16:24

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detail  juk6 ji4  yu4 er2 = parenting
detail  fo1 hok6 juk6 ji4  ke1 xue2 yu4 er2 = The science of parenting
detail  ji4 zi2  er2 zi5 = son
detail  jyu4 ji4  yu2 er2 (Taiwan), yur2 (PRC) = [n] fish; fishes
detail  neoi5 ji4  nv3 er2 = daughter
detail  wun6 ji4  wanr2 = to play (with a toy)
detail  hat1 ji4*1   = beggar
detail  haai4 ji4  hai2 er5 = child
detail  ji4 tung4  er2 tong2 = child
detail  jat1 dim2 ji4  yi1 dianr3 = a bit, a little
See all 190 compounds (CantoDict reports 194 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 兒
detail 覺得普通話兒化好惡
I think that erhua in Mandarin sounds horrible.
[Lit. I feel Putonghua [possessive particle] erhua very terrible-listen]
detail 好些存放這兒
He has left a number of books with me.
detail 這兒豬朋狗友吃喝嫖賭
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.
detail 先生偷拍女朋友女兒洗澡
Mr. Dong is taking pictures of his girlfriend's teenage daughter bathing without her knowledge.
detail 因為被逼賣兒鬻女
Having no other way out, they were forced to sell their children.

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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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