儿化音

兒化音

érhuàyīn

noun #92,992

Meanings

1 erhua sound
2 r-coloring (of a syllable)

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

很多南方人说普通话时不太带儿化音。

Hěnduō nánfāngrén shuō Pǔtōnghuà shí bú tài dài érhuàyīn.

Many southerners hardly use erhua when they speak Mandarin.

HSK 7-9

北京话里儿化音特别多。

Běijīnghuà lǐ érhuàyīn tèbié duō.

Beijing speech is full of erhua.

Tips

usage

Pinyin writes erhua by adding r to the syllable: 花儿, 一点儿. Beijing speech is full of it, while Taiwan and southern Mandarin mostly do without, saying 一点 for 一点儿.

Stroke Order

儿 ér

化 huà

音 yīn