HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1
那儿
there; that place; over there
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 1
Why does 那儿 look like this?
This is a two-character phrase! (1) 那 (nà): 阝(city/town radical) + 冄 (phonetic/old beard). It points to a specific 'that' place. (2) 儿 (ér): A simplified 'child' radical, used here as a suffix to add a soft 'r' sound typical of Northern Chinese dialects. Together, they literally mean 'that place' or 'over there'.