兒化

Chinese

		son; child; diminutive suffix	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (兒化)		兒	化
simp. (儿化)		儿	化

Examples
貓兒／猫儿  ―  māor  ―  cat 花兒／花儿  ―  huār  ―  flower 他火兒了／他火儿了  ―  tā huǒr le  ―  He got angry.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): érhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ faa³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ng-ho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: érhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: érhuà
    • Wade–Giles: êrh²-hua⁴
    • Yale: ér-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlhuah
    • Palladius: эрхуа (erxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ faa³
    • Yale: yìh fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ faː³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ng-ho
    • MiniDict: ng^去 ho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhngg-ho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋ̍²² ho⁴⁴/

Verb

兒化

1. (Chinese phonetics) erhua (to undergo erhua; to have the 兒-sound (/ɻ/, /n/, /ŋ/) added to syllables to form diminutives)

Derived terms

• 兒化音／儿化音 (érhuàyīn)
• 兒化韻／儿化韵 (érhuàyùn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (兒化):

• → Korean: 아화(兒化) (ahwa)
• → Vietnamese: nhi hóa (兒化)

Others:

• → English: erhua
• → Japanese: 児(ある)化(か) (aruka)
• → Zhuang: wzva

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兒	化
ある Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 3
irregular	kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 兒化 – see the following entry.

【児化あるか】 [noun] erhua

(This term, 兒化, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
兒	化

Noun

兒化

1. chữ Hán form of nhi hóa (“erhua”).