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ér

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ér Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
ér | er2
English translation
son
son, child
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
r | r5
English translation
non-syllabic diminutive suffix
retroflex final

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About ér

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Number of strokes

2

Radical frequency

52

Traditional form

ér

Contains the radical

ér

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Simplified form of  ér , a picture of a child; compare  rén

Etymology of ér

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

丿乚

Explanation

Simplified form of ér . Pictograph of a child with an opening in the top of its head. Represents the soft spot (fontanel) at the top of young infant heads.

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Example sentences using ér

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dào huì 人数 rén shù 二百 guà líng ér .

Two hundred odd were present at the meeting.

对于 duìyú suǒ jiǎng de huà 一点儿 yīdiǎnr dǒng .

I haven't the faintest notion what you're talking about.

计数器 jì shù qì dào líng , jiù huì 知道 zhīdào 录音 lùyīn Cóng 哪儿 nǎr 开始 kāishǐ .

Set the counter to zero and you'll know where the recording starts.

yǒu de Huán shì 花骨朵 huā gǔ duo ér , kān 起来 qǐlai 饱胀马上 mǎshàng yāo 破裂 pò liè 似的 shìde .

Some or bud, satiety may look like an immediate rupture.

总是 zǒngshì hēng 儿哈儿 de ,就是 jiù shì shuì gōu 痛快 tòngkuài huà .

He hemmed and hawed but wouldn't say anything definite.

Words with ér

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
ér retroflex final ér
这儿 zhè r here這兒
儿子 érzi son兒子
女儿 nǚér daughter女兒
哪儿 nǎr where?哪兒
那儿 nà r there那兒
儿童 értóng child兒童
一会儿 yīhuìr a moment一會兒
事儿 shì r business事兒
点儿 diǎn r point點兒
婴儿 yīngér infant嬰兒
幼儿园 yòuéryuán kindergarten幼兒園
头儿 tóu r leader頭兒
一点儿 yīdiǎnr a bit一點兒
幼儿 yòu ér infant幼兒
胎儿 tāi ér fetus胎兒
没事儿 méi shì r to have spare time沒事兒
玩儿 wán r to play玩兒
儿女 ér nǚ children兒女
孩儿 hái ér child孩兒
哥们儿 gē men r Brothers!哥們兒
新生儿 xīn shēng ér newborn baby新生兒
小儿 xiǎo ér young child小兒
活儿 huó r work活兒

ér Decomposition & Compounds

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ér Compounds

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  • ér
    • jiàn
    • xiān
      • zàn
        • zuān , zǎn , zàn , zàn , zuǎn , , , , zǎn , , , , , , , , zàn , , ,
      • xuǎn , xiàn , , xiān , xiǎn , shēn , shēn , xiǎn , xiǎn , shēn , xiǎn , , , , , ,
      • , jīng , , shí kè , qiān kè , fēn kè , háo kè , bǎi kè , lí kè , qíng , , , , ,
    • guāng
      • huǎng
        • huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , , ,
      • 耀 yào , huī , huǎng , guāng , guāng , , gōng , huǎng , guāng , guāng , guāng , huǎng , kuàng , guāng , , , , , , , , , huī , , , ,
    • guǐ
      • wèi
      • , hún , mèi , kuì , guī , kuí , , kuǐ , yǎn , huái , kuài , wéi , huì , wēi , wěi , sōu , kuí , , , , xiāo , liǎng , , tuí , , wǎng , chī , , 媿, , , , chǒu , , , , , 鬿, liǎng , , , , , , yǎn ,
    • xiōng
      • jìng
      • Dǎng
        • tǎng , dǎng , , tǎng
      • Duì
        • shuì , tuō , shuì , yuè , yuè , ruì , tuì , zhuō , , ruì , yuè , , , , , , , ,
      • duì
        • shuì , duó , zhuó , tuì , , yuè , , , , shuì , tuō , tuì , , shuō , ruì , yuè ,
      • kuàng , Zhù , kuàng , zhù , huǎng , kuàng , yǎn , , , , , , , ,
    • liàng
      • liàng , ,
      • , , , , , , , ,
    • Yuán
      • wán
        • yuàn , wán , huàn , guǎn , Wǎn , kuǎn , wǎn , huǎn , guǎn , wǎn , huàn , , , yuàn , , , , , , , huàn ,
      • kòu
      • wán , yuǎn , Yuán , wán , yuán , ruǎn , yán , ruǎn , shǐ , wán , wán , yuán , yuán , yuán , kūn , yuán , yuán , , , , , , , , , , , , , , wán , 黿 yuán
    • jiè
      • jiè
        • ,
      • jià , yǎng , jiē , , jiè , jiè , jiè , xiè , jiè , jiè , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • yǔn
      • chōng
        • ,
      • qūn
        • jùn
        • suān , suō , suō , jùn , jùn , , qūn , jùn , , cūn , quān , jùn , jùn , zùn , juān , jùn , suān , jùn , suān , suō , suō , juān , qūn , cuān , jùn , , , , , jùn , jùn , 駿 jùn , , ,
      • shǔn , yǎn , yǎn , yǔn , , , , ,
      • shén
        • kān
          • kàn
        • kān , zhàn , zhēn , rèn , dān , kān , zhèn , shèn , kǎn , chén , chén , tán , , , , , , , , , , , , chén , ,
      • ,
    • zhān
      • shàn , yán , chán , zhān , dàn , zhān , dān , chān , dàn , chān , , , dān , , , yán , , dǎn , , , zhān , shàn , ,
    • dōu
    • Zhào
        • , , , , , ,
      • tiào , táo , tiāo , táo , tiǎo , tiāo , tiào , yáo , zhào , tiǎo , tiāo , cháo , tiào , táo , yáo , tiāo , tiāo , tiào , tiǎo , tiáo , diào , táo , táo , , , , , , , , , , diào , , , , , ,
      • 西
        • shài
        • yǒu
          • qiú
            • zūn
              • zūn , dūn , zūn , zūn , , zūn , zǔn , zǔn , zūn , zūn , zǔn , jùn , , , , , ,
            • diàn , qiú , yóu , yóu , yóu , qiú , , qiū , , , , , , , ,
          • jiào
          • xìn
          • jiǔ , xǐng , pèi , , zuì , jiàng , suān , lào , chóu , , , chún , niàng , xūn , , tóng , méi , zhǐ , dīng , yùn , jiào , mǐng , zhuó , fēn , quán , , hān , , , tài , , kūn , gān , hǎi , xiān , táng , , yǒu , chuò , , zhòu , , zuì , máo , zhèn , tuó , , , , chéng
          • , lèi , , yàn , shāi , , táo , pēi , zhǎn , chuò , , tǎn , yùn , cuó , yòng , zhà , jiàng , , láo , , , tán , , , , , niàng , , líng , , jiào , , , , , , , , qiān , , , , , , , , , , ,
          • , , , , , , , , , , , , yān , , , , , , , , , chǒu , yùn , , , , , , , jiàng , , , , , , , niàng , , , , ,
        • yīn
          • yān , yān , yīn , yīn , juàn , yīn , , , , , ,
        • , qiàn , , , , , shěn , , ,
      • yáo
      • yáo
        • xiǎo
      • yáo
        • xiǎo , qiāo , qiāo , náo , jiǎo , , ráo , , , , , náo , ráo , jiāo , shāo , , , , , rào , , ráo , náo , , , , , , ráo , , ,
      • gān , , , , huī , huī , , , kūn , , , , 鼿
    • jiǒng
      • míng , méng , suí
    • jiàn
      • qīn
        • chèn , , , , , , chèn
      • jué
      • guī
        • guī , , , , kuī ,
      • jué
        • jiǎo ,
      • lǎn
        • lǎn , , lǎn , lǎn , , lǎn
      • guān
      • jìng
      • , guān , , tiào , , lǎn , , guān , , , , , xiàn , , , , , , xiàn , yàn , , , , xiàn , , , , jiào , , , , , shì , chān , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • , , , jìn , , , , , , , , , , 覿, , , miǎn ,
    • yín
      • chén
        • zhěn ,
      • zhěn , dān , dān , chén , zhèn , dān , , zhèn , dàn , zhěn , , , , , , , , , , zhèn ,
    • mài
      • , ,
    • chán
      • Chán , chán , chán
      • , , , ,
    • mào
    • qiāng
        • , ,
      • qiāng , yǎng , , , , , xiǎng
      • róng
        • ,
      • qián
      • , , , , , , , zōng , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • , cán
    • ér
          • , , ,
        • , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • xìng
        • xìng
      • , , , , ér , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 輿, , ,
              • , ,
          • niè , shì , , , , , ,
        • , kuí , , , , , , xián , , ,
      • líng
        • léng
          • léng
        • líng
          • ,
        • Líng , líng , léng , líng , líng , , líng , , líng , léng , Chěng , lèng , lèng , , , , , , , , líng
      • zhé , zhì , , , , , , zhì , zhì ,
    • wāng
      • wāng ,
    • dài
      • zhì
      • , dài , , , , , , , , , ,
    • 禿
      • tàn , shēn , chēn , chēn , ,
    • hǎn , yuān , yìn , xiōng , , chǎn , ér , guó , dāo , guāng , , ,
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