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这儿 zhèr “here” in Chinese

Traditional 這兒

What 这儿 means

  1. here

How to say 这儿

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale这zhè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own儿rneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

这儿 in a sentence

  1. 我明天不在这儿。

    Wǒ míngtiān bú zài zhèr.

    Tomorrow I won’t be here.

    Sentence #1415796 from Tatoeba

  2. 为什么他在这儿？

    Wèishénme tā zài zhèr?

    Why is he here?

    Sentence #408248 from Tatoeba

  3. 谁住在这儿？

    Shéi zhù zài zhèr?

    Who lives here?

    Sentence #12422342 from Tatoeba

  4. 我就坐这儿。

    Wǒ jiù zuò zhèr.

    I’ll just sit here.

    Sentence #7823009 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 这儿 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 这 (zhè) with each of its parts in a different colour
这zhèthis; these
  • 文script · wén
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò

Memory aidPicture walking 辶 up to the writing 文 right in front of you: this.

The character 儿 (ér) with each of its parts in a different colour
儿rnon-syllabic diminutive suffix
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ

Memory aidSimplified from 兒, a child drawn with a big head. Only the legs 儿 are left today.

How to write 这儿

这 7 strokes · 儿 2 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

这儿 (zhèr) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 这儿 (zhèr). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 这儿

Words with 这

这zhè · this这些zhèxiē · these这个zhège · this one这边zhèbiān · this side这里zhèlǐ · here这么zhème · so much这样zhèyàng · this kind of

Words with 儿

儿子érzi · son女儿nǚ'ér · daughter哪儿nǎr · where那儿nàr · there一点儿yìdiǎnr · a little面条儿miàntiáor · noodles好玩儿hǎowánr · amusing有点儿yǒudiǎnr · slightly男孩儿nánháir · boy女孩儿nǚháir · girl

More words: Useful Extras

你们nǐmen · you (plural)他们tāmen · they你好nǐ hǎo · hello没méi · no那儿nàr · there男人nánrén · man女人nǚrén · woman第dì · ordinal prefix

FAQs

这儿 (zhèr) means “here”. It is not on the official HSK lists, but we teach it with HSK 1 because learners need it early.
Say it zhèr: zhè with a 4th tone, then r with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 这儿 is written 這兒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zher with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 这儿 from the suggestions. Typing zher into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
这儿 is not on the official HSK 2.0 word lists. It is a useful extra on our HSK 1 list, because learners need it from the start.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.