VocabularyHSK 3 · core

儿子

érzi

son

Part of speech · noun

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子child

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Examples

他有两个儿子。
He has two sons.
我儿子今年上小学。
My son starts elementary school this year.

Collocations

亲儿子小儿子大儿子

Mnemonic

儿子 érzi "son" — 儿 (child, simplified from 兒) + 子 (suffix). Daughter is 女儿 nǚ\'ér. Note 儿 also functions as a diminutive suffix in Beijing speech (一会儿 yíhuìr).

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