會兒

Chinese

		to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (會兒)		會	兒
simp. (会儿)		会	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìr, huǐr

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋㄦ, ㄏㄨㄟˇㄦ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèir
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwèir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huell
    • Palladius: хуэйр (xuejr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯əɻ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huěir
    • Wade–Giles: hui³-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwěir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoel
    • Palladius: хуэйр (xuejr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯əɻ²¹⁴/

Noun

會兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 會／会 (huì, “a moment; a while”).

   我忙了大半天了，活兒就不停地來；可逮著了個空兒歇會兒！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   我忙了大半天了，活儿就不停地来；可逮着了个空儿歇会儿！ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Wǒ máng le dàbàntiān le, huór jiù bùtíng de lái; kě děi zháo le ge kòngr xiē huǐr! [Pinyin]

   I was busy all day, and the work just keeps coming; I finally could get hold of some time to rest a little!

Derived terms

• 一時半會兒／一时半会儿
• 待會兒／待会儿
• 這會兒／这会儿
• 那會兒／那会儿