儿
r
2 readings · tap one to hear it
child; son
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 儿 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人
Components 丿 乚
How to remember it
youngster · Heisig RSH #56
— as a component also called: human legs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 儿
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 儿子 | son | |
| 一会儿 | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5] | |
| 一下儿 | erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] | |
| 一点儿 | erhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3] | |
| 女儿 | daughter | |
| 面条儿 | erhua variant of 麵條|面条[mian4 tiao2] | |
| 没事儿 | to have spare time; free from work; it's not important; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 好玩儿 | erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2] | |
| 那儿 | there | |
| 一块儿 | erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4] | |
| 玩儿 | to play; to have fun; to hang out | |
| 小孩儿 | erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2] | |
| 女孩儿 | erhua form of 女孩[nu : 3 hai2] | |
| 这儿 | here | |
| 男孩儿 | erhua form of 男孩[nan2 hai2] | |
| 哪儿 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how co… | |
| 不儿 | (coll.) no (contracted form of 不是[bu4 shi4]) | |
| 子儿 | (coll.) penny; buck | |
| 人儿 | figurine | |
| 一水儿 | (coll.) of the same type; identical |