erhua
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See also: érhuà
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 兒化 / 儿化 (érhuà).
Noun
erhua (uncountable)
- (Chinese phonetics) A phonological process that adds rhotic sounds to syllables in some lects of Chinese.
- Synonym: erization
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In Mandarin 今 (jīn) is pronounced /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
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Translations
a phonological process
