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

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

(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

chữ Hán form of nhi hóa (“erhua”)