| 儿 | ér | son |
| 儿 | er | non-syllabic dimi. suff. |
| 儿童 | ér tóng | child; CL:个 |
| 这儿 | zhèr | here |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 那儿 | nàr | there |
| 婴儿 | yīng ér | infant; baby; CL:个; lead (Pb) |
| 事儿 | shìr | one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; erhua variant of 事, thing, matter, affair etc; CL:件,桩 |
| 哪儿 | nǎr | where?; wherever; anywhere |
| 幼儿 | yòu ér | child |
| 儿女 | ér nǚ | children; sons and daughters |
| 一点儿 | yī diǎnr | erhua variant of 一点 |
| 个儿 | gèr | size; height; stature |
| 老头儿 | lǎo tóur | old man (often impolite); CL:个 |
| 托儿所 | tuō ér suǒ | nursery |
| 今儿 | jīnr | today |
| 胎儿 | tāi ér | the unborn child; fetus; embryo |
| 大伙儿 | dà huǒr | erhua variant of 大伙 |
| 小儿 | xiǎo ér | son |
| 当儿 | dāngr | the very moment; just then; during (that brief interval) |
| 花儿 | huā ér | style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia; CL:首 |
| 花儿 | huār | erhua variant of 花 |
| 孩儿 | hái ér | child |
| 这会儿 | zhè huìr | (coll.) now |
| 明儿 | míngr | tomorrow; one of these days; some day |
| 人儿 | rénr | figurine |
| 鸟儿 | niǎor | bird |
| 笛卡儿 | Dí kǎ ér | René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher and author of Discours de la méthode 方法论 |
| 模特儿 | mó tèr | (fashion) model |
| 健儿 | jiàn ér | top athlete; heroic warrior |
| 把儿 | bàr | a handle |
| 孤儿 | gū ér | orphan |
| 冰棍儿 | bīng gùnr | ice lolly; popsicle |
| 男儿 | nán ér | a (real) man; boy; son |
| 一个劲儿 | yī gè jìnr | erhua variant of 一个劲, persistently; continuing |
| 玩儿 | wánr | to play; to have fun |
| 哥儿 | gēr | brothers; boys |
| 儿孙 | ér sūn | descendant |
| 新生儿 | xīn shēng ér | newborn baby; neonate |
| 自个儿 | zì gěr | erhua variant of 自个; oneself; by oneself |
| 边儿 | biānr | side; edge; margin; border; boundary; proximity; thread (of ideas, plots etc); see also 边 |
| 年头儿 | nián tóur | erhua variant of 年头, year; start of the year; whole year; a particular year; many years' duration; epoch; a year's harvest; prospects for a year |
| 心眼儿 | xīn yǎnr | one's thoughts; mind; intention; willingness to accept new ideas; baseless suspicions |
| 差点儿 | chà diǎnr | erhua variant of 差点, not quite; not good enough; almost; barely; a bit different; just about to; nearly starting; on the verge of |
| 没事儿 | méi shìr | to have spare time; free from work; it's not important; it's nothing; never mind |
| 脑儿 | nǎor | brains (as food) |
| 大个儿 | dà gèr | tall person |
| 媳妇儿 | xí fur | wife; young married woman |
| 产儿 | chǎn ér | newborn baby; fig. brand-new object |
