地兒

See also: 地儿

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (地兒)		地	兒
simp. (地儿)		地	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìr

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋㄦ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìr
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diell
    • Palladius: дир (dir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiə̯ɻ⁵¹/

Noun

地兒

1. (dialectal Mandarin) Erhua form of 地 (dì, “place; spot”).

   嘿！這地兒挺涼快的，咱就在這兒呆著吧！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   嘿！这地儿挺凉快的，咱就在这儿呆着吧！ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Hēi! Zhèi dìr tǐng liángkuai de, zán jiù zǎi zhèr dāi zhe ba! [Pinyin]

   Oh! This place is quite cool. Let's stay here.

   • 我這跑了那麼多地兒，我好不容易把牠給買——找回來的！ [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     我这跑了那么多地儿，我好不容易把它给买——找回来的！ [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 41

     Wǒ zhè pǎo le nènme duō dìr, wǒ hǎobùróngyì bǎ tā gěi mǎi — zhǎo huílai de! [Pinyin]

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