儿化

兒化
érhuà
(Chinese phonetics) to rhotacize a syllable final; to apply r-coloring to the final of a syllable

CEDICT

  1. (Chinese phonetics) erhua (to undergo erhua; to have the 兒-sound (/ɻ/, /n/, /ŋ/) added to syllables to form diminutives)
  2. erhua (to undergo erhua; to have the 兒-sound (/ɻ/, /n/, /ŋ/) added to syllables to form diminutives)

Wiktionary

一字后附「儿」字语尾，读时「儿」与前字相拼，成捲舌韵，相拼时有种种变化，称为「儿化」。如圈儿不读作ㄑㄩㄢㄦˊ而读作ㄑㄩㄚㄦ，牌儿不读作ㄆㄞㄦˊ而读作ㄆㄚˊㄦ。

重編國語辭典

现代标准汉语语音中的一种特殊现象：一些原带有/ar/音词尾的字词，在连读后产生连音变化，后面音节只剩下带上捲舌色彩的/r/音

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 儿 ér
  1. child
  2. son
2 化 huà
  1. to make into
  2. to change into
  3. -ization
  4. to ... -ize
  5. to transform
  6. abbr. for 化学 huàxué

Containing this entry

儿化音 érhuàyīn (Chinese phonetics) erhua (the sound of the r-coloring of a syllable final)
儿化韵 érhuàyùn (Chinese phonetics) syllable final with r-coloring; rhotacized syllable final