erhua

See also: érhuà

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 兒化／儿化 (érhuà).

Noun

erhua (uncountable)

  1. (Chinese phonetics) A phonological process that adds rhotic sounds to syllables in some lects of Chinese.
    Synonym: erization
Examples

In Mandarin 今 (jīn) is pronounced /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
but 今兒／今儿 (jīnr) with the erhua is pronounced /t͡ɕiə̯ɻ⁵⁵/.

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