儿化

er2 hua4

nonsyllabic final r 儿 added to a word in spoken Chinese, also called retroflex final or r-ization

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儿化

ér huà

{语} suffixation of a nonsyllabic “r” to nouns and sometimes verbs, causing a retroflexion of the preceding vowel, typical of the pronunciation of standard Chinese and of some dialects （汉语普通话和某些方言中的一种语音现象， 即后缀“儿”字不自成音节， 使前一音节韵母成为卷舌韵母）

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兒化|儿化 [ér huà] ► nonsyllabic final r ↑儿 added to a word in spoken Chinese ► also called retroflex final or r-ization