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兒戲

简儿戏 · 繁兒戲

Mandarin · pinyin ér xì

child's play
trifling matter

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兒: ér · son, child, oneself; final part
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儿: ér · son, child; Kangxi radical 10
戏: xì · theatrical play, show

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2–4 · er2 xi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ji4 hei1

Cantonese word readings for 兒戲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun · Etymology 1

trifling matter; child's play

adj · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) alternative form of 兒嬉 /儿嬉 (ji4 hei1)

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