兒
Reverse searchFulltext SearchSequential search		 1160B20 
 90.70 		 部居 
 畫數 
8		ㄦˊ [er2] (when accented, but usu. nonsyllabic, spelled [er2er0]; when thus used, it modifies certain syllabic forms: (1) final n and i are dropped: ㄢ [an1]＞[a1er0], ㄞ [ai1] also＞[a1er0]; (2) i takes on an indistinct [□]: ㄆㄧˊ [pi2]＞[pierer0], ㄊㄧ [ti1]＞[tie1er0]; (3) y becomes broadened into [□]: ㄕˋ [shi4]＞[she4er0]; the 儿 sound in Chinese alphaet, ㄦ [er1], ㄦˊ [er2]            , ㄦˇ [er3] , ㄦˋ [er4]  is characterized by curling of tongue, and is distinguished from □, ㄜ [e1] , ㄜˊ [e2] , ㄜˇ [e3] , ㄜˋ [e4] , spelled without “l,” as in 惡，俄).Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
Part(1)  A particle, oft. attached to n.or pron., adding coll. touch to LL form without it: 盤兒，梨兒 (cf. LL 盤，梨)，玩兒，戲兒，這兒，那兒;
the use of 兒 [er2er0] or of 子 [er2zi0] is dictated by actual usage, no rule being possible.
(2)  A particle oft. attached to a n. in collective or plural sense: 花兒，草兒，米兒，糖兒，魚兒，肉兒 flowers, grass, rice, sugar, fish, meat.
(3)  A particle oft. attached to adj. or adv.: 大模大樣兒 proudly;
壓根兒 basically.
N(1)  A child: 兒子 [er2zi3]↓;
孫兒，小兒 child;
小兒科 pediatrics;
男兒 boy;
女兒 girl;
孫兒 grandchild;
孤兒 orphan;
吾兒 my child;
used by child in self-reference, and by parent in addressing child;
(MC) 兒夫 (used by woman) my husband;
兒童，兒女 [er2tong2], [er2nU3]↓.
(2)  (Familiar) fellow: 老兒 the old fellow.
AdjMale, masculine: 兒馬，兒花 [er2ma3], [er2hua1]↓.
Words1.兒茶 [er2cha2], n., (Chin. med.) catechu, an astringent. 
2.兒齒 [er2chi3], n., new teeth grown in some old people. 
3.兒夫 [er2fu1], n., (MC) my husband. 
4.兒婦 [er2fu4], n., daughter-in-law. 
5.兒花 (兒) [er2hua1]([er0]), n., (MC, corruption 男孩兒) male child; cf. 女花 93.93. 
6.兒 (儿) 化 [er2hua4], v.i., change in syllabic form and pronunciation caused by adding [er2er0] ([an1]＞[a1er0]; i＞[ieer0]); see pr.↑. 
7.兒科 [er2ke1], n., (med.) pediatrics. 
8.兒郎 [er2lang2], n., a son. 
9.兒馬 [er2ma3], n., a stallion. 
10.兒女 [er2nU3], n., (1)  children (male and female); (2)  sexual love: 兒女情多 or 情長 the power of sexual love (oft. overcoming political or professional considerations); 兒女債 the burden of raising children to maturity; 兒女態 childishness, sentimentality, lack of manliness; 兒女子 women and children (oft. contempt.). 
11.兒嬉 [er2xi1], n., see [er2xi4]↓. 
12.兒戲 [er2xi4], n., a child's play; v.t. to treat as child's play or cavalierly. 
13.兒媳婦兒 [er2xi2fu4er0], n., daughter-in-law. 
14.兒時 [er2shi2], phr., childhood years. 
15.兒孫 [er2sun1], n., grandchildren; children and grandchildren. 
16.兒曹 [er2cao2], n., (AC, LL) children (plural); you children. 
17.兒童 [er2tong2], n., child, children: 兒童教育 children's education; 兒童讀物 children's reading material; 兒童歌隊 children's choir, etc. 
18.兒子 [er2zi3] ([er2zi0]), n., son; (AC) child; 兒子氣 childishness; adj., childish. 
19.兒子花 [er2zi3hua1], n., see [er2hua1]↑.