Is there a word for "a little" that is pronounced "ee dee ar"?
On one of my audio CDs for the word that means "a little" or "a bit" it sounds like they are saying (transliterated not pinyin) "ee dee ar". Is this really the word yi4 dian3 ( 一点 ) just with a different local pronunciation or is there a diff

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Is there a word for "a little" that is pronounced "ee dee ar"?
On one of my audio CDs for the word that means "a little" or "a bit" it sounds like they are saying (transliterated not pinyin) "ee dee ar". Is this really the word yi4 dian3 ( 一点  )  just with a different local pronunciation or is there a diff

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I think it's 一点儿.

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that would be "一点儿", meaning the same thing as"一点". most Chinese say it that way, like Americans say "gotta go" instead of " going to go".

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一点儿 is correct. Actually it's 一点, to add an 儿 is typicall for Beijing pronunciation. Either is ok.

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一点 means a little.

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I think it should be Shanghai dialect.

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