儿

The character "儿" has 2 strokes. "儿" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "儿" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "儿" are "ér" . View the stroke order of "儿">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "儿"

n.: child; son; youngster; youth

adj.: male

• child : n.小孩；儿童；儿子；女儿；产物；子孙；后裔；幼稚的人；不负责任的人；缺经验的人
• son : n.儿子；雄性后代；男性后裔；三位一体中的圣子；救世主耶稣；男性；子；熏陶出的人；孩子
• youngster : n.小孩；儿童；小伙子；年轻人；幼小动物
• youth : n.青（少）年时代；青春时期；男青年；小伙子；青春；年轻；早期；初期；青年们
• male : adj.男性的；雄性的；凸形的；插入的

Form words with "儿"

花骨朵儿 flower bud

鸡蛋壳儿 eggshell

山楂片儿 haw flake

烟袋锅儿 bowl of a pipe

吹哨儿 blow a whistle

锅底儿 last dregs in a wok

粉扑儿 powder puff

剃刀儿 razor

杏核儿 apricot stone

拉座儿 have passengers (of a vehicle)

让座儿 offer one's seat to sb

铁片儿 pieces of sheet iron

布片儿 small pieces of cloth

羊肚儿 tripe of a sheep

短褂儿 short gown

成熟儿 mature infant

肥皂泡儿 soap bubbles

痒痒挠儿 back/itch scratcher

刮脸刀儿 razor

小铺儿 small store

Example phrases using "儿"

• 那位年轻演员的台风儿相当潇洒。

  That young actor’s stage demeanour is rather graceful.

• 我唱不了主角，当个配搭儿还行。

  I cannot play the major role, but I can take a supplementary role.

• 我们已干了很久了,喘喘气儿吧。

  We’ve been working for a long time; let’s have a breather.

• 根本没那回事儿，别疑神疑鬼的。

  That’s absolutely untrue. Don’t be so suspicious.

• 别费口舌了，他不会理你的茬儿。

  Don’t waste your breath; he won’t listen.

• 她结婚都五年了，但还没开怀儿。

  She’s been married for five years, but she is still childless.

• 翻译法律文件时有必要抠字眼儿。

  In translating legal documents, it’s necessary to give close attention to the shades of meaning of each word.

• 他把口袋里的零碎儿都掏出来。

  He clawed all the oddments out of his pocket.

• 他们又说又笑，把我晾在一边儿了。

  While chatting and laughing, they were oblivious of my presence. / I was left out in the cold as they were having a good time chatting and laughing.

• 钢笔掉在地上，把笔尖儿戳了。

  The pen dropped onto the ground and the nib was blunted.