(zhè ér) - here, right here in Mandarin
zhèérTraditional: 這兒
Translation
here, right here
Word origin
这儿 (zhèr) 'here' joins 这 (zhè, 'this') with the colloquial suffix 儿 (ér). 儿 (traditional 兒) is a pictograph of a child with an open fontanelle, used in northern speech as a rhotic suffix.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 这 (zhè, 'this') + 儿 (ér, pictograph of a child, rhotic suffix)
Stroke order
这
儿
Examples
。
I am right here.
。
Put this right here.
？
What is here?
散步。
I come here for a walk every day.
。
The coffee here is especially nice.
这儿 (zhè ér) means here, right here. It is used as a pronoun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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