erhua

See also: érhuà

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 兒化／儿化 (érhuà).

Noun

erhua (uncountable)

(linguistics) A phonological process that adds rhotic (R-like) sounds in some dialects of Mandarin Chinese.

Synonyms

(phonological process): erization

Translations

a phonological process

Chinese:
Mandarin: 兒化 (zh), 儿化 (zh) (érhuà)
Japanese: 児化 (aruka)

Korean: 아화 (ahwa) (兒化)
Russian: эриза́ция f (erizácija)

Further reading

erhua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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