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儿化音 is a phonological process that adds the "ér" (儿) sound (transcribed in IPA as [ɻ]) to syllables in spoken Mandarin Chinese

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Implied erhua in writing?

儿化音 is frequently unwritten, given that it has no effect on meaning in almost all circumstances (rare exceptions like 水 water vs 水儿 ink notwithstanding). You could even argue that knowing where to ins …
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How should I understand the pronunciation of 驾驶证 (jiàshǐ zhèng) as 酱汁儿 (jiàng zhī er)?

The article is exaggerating the sound change for humorous effect. 驾驶 would easily get elided into something like jiàr in fast speech, but it would never become nasalized to jiàng. 证 would indeed beco …
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