泪人儿

淚人兒
lèirénr
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 someone crying their eyes out
  2. 2 a person reduced to tears
  3. 3 literally a "tear-person"

Examples

HSK 6
Tā yì tīngdào xiāoxi, jiù kū de chéng le gè lèirénr.
The moment she heard the news she dissolved into tears.
HSK 6
Kànwán nà bù diànyǐng, guānzhòng yí gègè dōu chéng le lèirénr.
After that movie, every one of the audience was a sobbing wreck.

Tips

usage
The 儿 ending marks this as Beijing-flavored colloquial. The set pattern is 哭得成了个泪人儿 - "cried until becoming a tear-person."

Stroke Order

泪 lèi
人 rén
儿 ér