meishi/meishir/dian/dianr
shadow22
October 20, 2012 at 09:57 PM posted in I Have a Questioncan someone tell me, when you add the r on the end of such words as meishi/meishir and dian/dianr the main reason. xie xie 谢谢.
bababardwan
October 21, 2012 at 01:26 AM
haha, now why couldn't I have put it like that? ...very good mate :)
bababardwan
October 20, 2012 at 10:43 PM
shadow22,
my understading is that the r...儿化 [erhua or retroflex final] does nothing to change the meaning but merely represents a northern chinese [esp associated with Beijing] accent
iaing
October 20, 2012 at 11:13 PMIts usage is approximately proportional to distance from a dongbei cab driver multiplied by blood alcohol content.
They will put it on a bunch of stuff, but more likely, if it is a "small" thing (noun).