儿 (兒)
r5
Pinyin

Definition

儿 (兒)
 - 
r5
  1. non-syllabic diminutive suffix
  2. retroflex final
儿 (兒)
 - 
ér
  1. child
  2. son

Character Decomposition

Compounds (15)

倪
Ní
  1. 1 surname Ni
倪
ní
  1. 1 (literary) small child
  2. 2 limit
  3. 3 bound
  4. 4 extremity
  5. 5 to differentiate
  6. 6 origin
  7. 7 cause
霓
ní
  1. 1 Japanese cicada
  2. 2 old variant of 霓[ní]
霓
ní
  1. 1 secondary rainbow
睨
nì
  1. 1 to look askance at

Related Words (20)

一会儿
yī huì r
  1. 1 a moment
  2. 2 a while
  3. 3 in a moment
  4. 4 now...now...
  5. 5 also pr. [yī huǐ r5]
事儿
shì r
  1. 1 one's employment
  2. 2 business
  3. 3 matter that needs to be settled
  4. 4 (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding
  5. 5 trying
  6. 6 troublesome
  7. 7 erhua variant: 事 shì
  8. 8 classifier: 件 jiàn
  9. 9 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
人儿
rén r
  1. 1 figurine
今儿
jīn r
  1. 1 (coll.) today
儿
ér
  1. 1 child
  2. 2 son

Idioms (7)

儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
咬人狗儿不露齿
yǎo rén gǒu r bù lù chǐ
  1. 1 lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
男儿有泪不轻弹
nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán
  1. 1 real men do not easily cry (idiom)

Sample Sentences

媳妇儿啊，看看我们的小宝贝儿，这脸蛋儿多可爱！但他自个儿在这儿玩儿，好像有点儿孤单。我们再生个孩子，给他做个伴儿吧！
xífur a ，kànkan wǒmen de xiǎo bǎobèir ，zhè liǎndànr duō kěài ！dàn tā zìgěr zài zhèr wánr ，hǎoxiàng yǒudiǎnr gūdān 。wǒmen zài shēng ge háizi ，gěi tā zuò ge bàner ba ！
My dear, look at our little baby, what a cute face! But he’s playing here by himself, and he seems a little lonely. Let’s have another baby to keep him company!
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我先生今儿出门儿的时候，说要和大学同学聚餐，我总觉得不对劲儿，一定有事儿，就打电话问了一个熟人，他就露馅儿了，我压根儿没想到他会这样骗我。
wǒ xiānsheng jīnr chūméner de shíhou ，shuō yào hé dàxué tóngxué jùcān ，wǒ zǒng juéde bùduìjìnr ，yīdìng yǒu shìr ，jiù dǎdiànhuà wèn le yīgē shúrén ，tā jiù lòuxiànr le ，wǒ yàgēnr méixiǎngdào tā huì zhèyàng piàn wǒ 。
When my husband went out today and said he was going to have dinner with his college friends, I couldn’t help feeling that something was wrong. I called an acquaintance and he gave my husband away. I had no idea he would lie to me like that.
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现在很多学生，上课的时候不是在打盹儿，就是在和哥们儿聊天儿，没几个好好儿听课、把老师当回事儿的。老师们看了，很不是滋味儿。
xiànzài hěnduō xuésheng ，shàngkè de shíhou búshi zài dǎdǔnr ，jiùshì zài hé gēmenr liáotiānr ，méi jǐge hǎohāor tīngkè 、bǎ lǎoshī dāng huí shìr de 。lǎoshī men kàn le ，hěn búshi zīwèier 。
Nowadays many students either take naps in class, or chat with their friends. Few of them would listen to the class carefully and take the teacher seriously. The teachers saw and felt sad about it.
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明儿你就给我出门儿去找工作，别成天赖在家里。没个正经工作，我看你上哪儿找媳妇儿！
míngr nǐ jiù gěi wǒ chūméner qù zhǎo gōngzuò ，bié chéngtiān lài zài jiālǐ 。méi ge zhèngjīng gōngzuò ，wǒ kàn nǐ shàng nǎr zhǎo xífur ！
Tomorrow You’re gonna go out and get a job. Don’t stay home all day. If you don’t have a serious job, I’ll see where you can find a wife!
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好。你再看这儿，这预付款也太多了吧。
hǎo 。nǐ zài kàn zhèr ，zhè yùfùkuǎn yě tài duō le ba 。
Alright. Then you look at this article. The down payment is a bit too much.
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这儿看上去规模挺大的。有多少工人啊？
zhèr kànshangqu guīmó tǐng dà de 。yǒu duōshao gōngrén a ？
It looks quite big. How many workers are there in the factory?
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有的，稍等一会儿。
yǒu de ，shāoděng yīhuìr 。
Yes we do, wait a moment please.
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这个计划的进度到哪儿了？
zhège jìhuà de jìndù dào nǎr le ？
How far you are with your project?
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你最近太贪玩儿了，成绩下滑了不少，差不多该收收心了。
nǐ zuìjìn tài tānwán r le ，chéngjì xiàhuá le bùshǎo ，chàbuduō gāi shōu shōuxīn le 。
You have been too playful lately and your grades have dropped a lot. It's almost time to get back to study mode.
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他就是喜欢独自一人，所以压根儿不需要别人陪，也不会觉得寂寞。
tā jiùshì xǐhuan dúzì yī rén ，suǒyǐ yàgēnr bù xūyào biéren péi ，yě bùhuì juéde jìmò 。
He just likes to be alone, so he doesn't need others to accompany him at all, and he won't feel lonely.
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