| 兒 | 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). | ||
| 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. | |||||
| Adj. | Male, masculine: 兒馬，兒花 [er2ma3], [er2hua1]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 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]↑. | |||||