ér
huà

technical
linguistics

Meaning of 儿化

儿化 means to undergo erhua; to add the retroflex /r/ suffix. Pronounced ér huà.

  • to undergo erhua; to add the retroflex /r/ suffix

Definitions & Examples

Zài
biāo
zhǔn
tōng
huà
 
 
huā
ér
 
yīn
shì
huārh
éru
ā
shìr
 
huā
ér
zhè
jiùh
shìu
érā
 
huàé
 r
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

In Standard Mandarin, the word 'flower' is pronounced as 'huār' rather than 'huā'ér', which is an example of erhua.

Běi
jīng
de
fāng
yán
ér
huà
yīn
bié
duō
 

The Beijing dialect has a particularly large number of erhua sounds.

Xué
ér
huà
duì
zhǎng
dào
de
tōng
huà
hěn
zhòng
yào
 

Learning erhua is important for mastering authentic Mandarin pronunciation.

Zhè
ge
zài
kǒu
tōng
cháng
yào
ér
huà
 
 
xiǎo
hái
ér
 
 

This word is usually pronounced with erhua in spoken language, for example, 'child' becomes 'xiǎoháir'.