聊天儿

聊天兒

liáotiānr

verb HSK 6

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

来，坐下聊天儿。

Lái, zuòxià liáotiānr.

Come, sit down and chat.

她们聊天儿聊到很晚。

Tāmen liáotiānr liáo dào hěn wǎn.

They chatted until very late.

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.

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