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CHINESE CHARACTER
ér
儿
儿
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child; son
- Numbered pinyin
- er2
- English meanings
- child; son; diminutive suffix
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second
you; thus
and yet
ear; hearing
near
bait; lure
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Related words
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- 儿子
- 女儿
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