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Dí Gōng Àn

1. 1 Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Dí Rén jié] as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee

舌尖后音 | 舌尖後音

shé jiān hòu yīn

1. 1 retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)

喷气推进实验室 | 噴氣推進實驗室

Pēn qì Tuī jìn Shí yàn shì

1. 1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, R&D center in Pasadena, California

舌尖颤音 | 舌尖顫音

shé jiān chàn yīn

1. 1 alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)

儿化韵 | 兒化韻

ér huà yùn

1. 1 retroflex final
2. 2 nonsyllabic final r 儿 added to a word in spoken Chinese

VCR

V C R

1. 1 video clip (loanword from "videocassette recorder")

名儿 | 名兒

míng r

1. 1 name
2. 2 fame

花儿 | 花兒

huā r

1. 1 variant: 花 Hua

面人儿 | 麵人兒

miàn rén r

1. 1 dough figurine

要样儿 | 要樣兒

yào yàng r

1. 1 appearance
2. 2 manner

发小儿 | 髮小兒

fà xiǎo r

1. 1 variant: 髮小 Fa Xiao

起小儿 | 起小兒

qǐ xiǎo r

1. 1 variant: 起小 Qi Xiao

一水儿 | 一水兒

yī shuǐ r

1. 1 (coll.) of the same type
2. 2 identical

有边儿 | 有邊兒

yǒu biān r

1. 1 to be likely or possible
2. 2 to begin to take shape
3. 3 to be likely to succeed

着边儿 | 著邊兒

zháo biān r

1. 1 variant: 著邊 Zhao Bian

空心儿 | 空心兒

kòng xīn r

1. 1 variant: 空心 Kong Xin

没准儿 | 沒準兒

méi zhǔn r

1. 1 not sure
2. 2 maybe

过节儿 | 過節兒

guò jié r

1. 1 (coll.) grudge
2. 2 strife
3. 3 good manners

阿物儿 | 阿物兒

ā wù r

1. 1 thing
2. 2 (you) useless thing

北边儿 | 北邊兒

běi biān r

1. 1 variant: 北邊 Bei Bian