儿 (ér) means Son. Below are 24 of the 161 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
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From the graded readers
现在我会说一点 儿 汉语了。
xiànzài wǒ huì shuō yīdiǎn ér hànyǔ le / liǎo / liào.
Now I can speak a little Chinese.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
晚上我看书，也看一会 儿 电视。
wǎnshang wǒ kànshū, yě kàn / kān yìhuir diànshì.
In the evening I read, and watch a little TV.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
他问我：“你是从哪 儿 来的？”
tā wèn wǒ:" nǐ shì cóng nǎ / něi ér lái de / dì?"
He asked me, "Where are you from?"
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
它在四楼，每天上楼有点 儿 累。
tā zài sì lóu, měitiān shàng lóu yǒudiǎn ér lèi / léi / lěi.
It's on the fourth floor, so going up is a bit tiring.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
中午吃完饭，我想休息一会 儿 。
zhōngwǔ chīwán fàn, wǒ xiǎng xiūxi yìhuir.
After lunch I thought I'd rest for a bit.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
有好几次，我差点 儿 就放弃了。
yǒu hǎojǐ cì, wǒ chā / chà / chāi diǎn ér jiù fàngqìle.
There were several times I nearly gave up.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
From the travel phrasebook
From the grammar library
请说慢一点 儿 。
Qǐng shuō màn yìdiǎnr.
Please speak a little more slowly.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 一点儿 vs 有点儿
儿 appears in 161 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 儿
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 儿
How is 儿 used in a sentence?
This page shows 161 sentences using 儿 (ér, "Son"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 儿 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 儿 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 儿?
The dictionary page for 儿 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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