聊天儿

聊天兒

liáotiānr

verb HSK 3

Meanings

1 to chat; to have a conversation (with erhua)

Characters

sky; heaven; day

erhua suffix (Beijing dialect)

To chat - with the Beijing-style erhua suffix.

Examples

HSK 1

来，坐下聊天儿。

Lái, zuòxià liáotiānr.

Come, sit down and chat.

HSK 2

没事的时候就跟朋友聊天儿。

Méishì de shíhou jiù gēn péngyou liáotiānr.

When I have nothing to do, I just chat with friends.

HSK 3

她们聊天儿聊到很晚。

Tāmen liáotiānr liáo dào hěn wǎn.

They chatted until very late.

Tips

usage

聊天儿 is the erhua (儿化) version of 聊天, common in northern/Beijing Mandarin. In writing and southern dialects, 聊天 without the 儿 is standard. Both are equally correct.

Stroke Order

聊 liáo

天 tiān

儿 ér