About the character 儿
Hi to all my chinese friends,

there are some situations in which the character 儿 is useless? For example, it is the same write the word 那儿 as 那, that is without the final 儿?

Thanks in advance
Michele

Question

About the character 儿
Hi to all my chinese friends,

there are some situations in which the character 儿 is useless? For example, it is the same write the word 那儿 as 那, that is without the final 儿?

Thanks in advance
Michele

Answer

i have to say that the character is not useless, according to the habit of people different from the south to the north. 
generally speaking, people in the south of china are used to say "儿", especially who live in beijing,while those in the north aren't.
so "那" & "那儿"share the same meaning, justdifferent speaking style

Answer

actually,儿 has many meaning..it's not useless..just sometime, when it follows the noun,  it's no meaning..just the habit for language. but when it 's noun, it will has meaning, for example: 儿（son）.

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