hide-and-seek; children's game
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to play hide-and-seek
dialectA colloquial term, primarily used in Northern Chinese dialects, especially Beijing Mandarin. The "儿" (ér) is a rhotacized suffix.
Hái孩
zi子
men们
zài在
yuàn院
zi子
lǐ里
cáng藏
māo猫
r儿
ne呢
。
The kids are playing hide-and-seek in the courtyard.
Zán咱
men们
lái来
cáng藏
māo猫
r儿
ba吧
！
Let's play hide-and-seek!
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Xiǎo小
shí时
hou候
wǒ我
jīng经
cháng常
hé和
lín邻
jū居
cáng藏
māo猫
r儿
。
When I was little, I often played hide-and-seek with the neighbors.