<p>This is not a complete answer, but the Wade-Giles example chart on <a href="http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%A6%A5%E7%91%AA%E6%8B%BC%E9%9F%B3" rel="noreferrer">this Chinese-language Wikipedia entry</a> includes "kêrh" as a transcription of the rhotacized "哥儿." I do not know the general rule.</p>

<p>The GR (Gwoyeu Romatzyh) transcription system, which was used officially in China from 1928-1958, has complex rules for 儿化 spellings. I can't find a complete chart online, but, again, <a href="http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E5%9C%8B%E8%AA%9E%E7%BE%85%E9%A6%AC%E5%AD%97#.E5.85.92.E5.8C.96.E9.9F.B3" rel="noreferrer">Chinese Wikipedia</a> has some details. GR uses "l" to represent rhotacization, but the precise rules for how the resulting work is spelled differ depending on the syllable final and tone.</p>

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2012-03-21T04:17:55.387Z
2012-03-21T04:17:55.387Z
Alf
<p>Specifically for Zhuyin Fuhao they add "ㄦ" as an erhua marker <em>after</em> the Zhuyin tone mark of the erhua-ized syllable e.g. 电影儿 is transcribed "ㄉㄧㄢˋㄧㄥˇㄦ".  Usually this ㄦ is added with no tone mark (which in Zhuyin otherwise marks first tone) but some dictionaries will instead mark ㄦ with a neutral tone marker i.e. "ㄦ˙" instead.  Note that the full syllable 儿 never by itself is pronounced in either the first tone or neutral tone so in either case there is no possible ambiguity with the full syllable ㄦ.</p>

<p>Surprisingly hard to find Yale Romanization erhua rules or even erhua examples online.  Might need to go to library and physically look at old books published (by Yale Press) in the US before the 1980's.</p>

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Trevor
<p>兒化 is the process of adding a 兒 at the end of words in some Notĥern Chinese dialects like the Beijing's one. There is no specific transcription for that other than adding a "r" in pinyin and a "ㄦ" in Zhuyin Fuhao. Although, in Taiwan, it's almost never seen since people don't do 兒化…</p>

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2012-03-20T20:24:46.740Z
So, it's just not transcribed at all?
Alenanno
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2012-03-20T20:56:52.217Z
it is, only with the "r" in pinyin as I said. A dialect is supposed to be more oral too so, outside of chats softwares, you don't see that often.
Jiehong
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2012-03-20T19:50:15.893Z
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Jiehong
<p><a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/chinesewithoutte00gileuoft" rel="noreferrer">Mr Giles' phrasebook</a> uses -r, the same as Pinyin. The phrasebook was published after he created the Wade-Giles system, so presumably it uses this system.</p>

<p>(EDIT: I previously said "I think this might have been before the Wade-Giles system was formalized", but then found that the date of publication was 1901, while Wikipedia says Wade-Giles "was given completed form with Herbert Giles' Chinese–English dictionary of 1892")</p>

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2012-03-22T23:42:46.547Z
That phrasebook is awesome!
stevendaniels
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2012-03-21T04:27:04.433Z
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Ironfrost
<p>I just realized that I have no idea how other romanization systems (besides pinyin) deal with 儿化 (er hua). </p>

<p>What would be the Wade-Giles or Zhuyin-Fuhao equivalent to 电影儿 (diànyǐngr)?</p>

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2012-03-20T14:44:15.350Z
Hello Steven and welcome to CL&U! You wrote "diànyǐngr", did you mean "diànyǐner"? I'm not sure about this either, but "gr" seems unlikely. :D
Alenanno
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2012-03-20T16:08:33.160Z
@Alenanno I think stevendaniels is correct. "影" is ying3, and for 儿化音, you simply add an "r".
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How is 儿化 represented in other romanization systems like Wade-Giles, Zhuyin Fuhao, etc.?
# How is 儿化 represented in other romanization systems like Wade-Giles, Zhuyin Fuhao, etc.?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-03-20)

I just realized that I have no idea how other romanization systems (besides pinyin) deal with 儿化 (er hua).

What would be the Wade-Giles or Zhuyin-Fuhao equivalent to 电影儿 (diànyǐngr)?

**Tags:** pinyin, romanization, zhuyin-fuhao, erhuayin
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Hello Steven and welcome to CL&U! You wrote "diànyǐngr", did you mean "diànyǐner"? I'm not sure about this either, but "gr" seems unlikely. :D  
> **username_2**: @Alenanno I think stevendaniels is correct. "影" is ying3, and for 儿化音, you simply add an "r".  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_6 on 2012-03-21. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

[Mr Giles' phrasebook](http://www.archive.org/stream/chinesewithoutte00gileuoft) uses -r, the same as Pinyin. The phrasebook was published after he created the Wade-Giles system, so presumably it uses this system.

(EDIT: I previously said "I think this might have been before the Wade-Giles system was formalized", but then found that the date of publication was 1901, while Wikipedia says Wade-Giles "was given completed form with Herbert Giles' Chinese–English dictionary of 1892")

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: That phrasebook is awesome!  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2012-03-21. Score: 5

This is not a complete answer, but the Wade-Giles example chart on [this Chinese-language Wikipedia entry](http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%A6%A5%E7%91%AA%E6%8B%BC%E9%9F%B3) includes "kêrh" as a transcription of the rhotacized "哥儿." I do not know the general rule.

The GR (Gwoyeu Romatzyh) transcription system, which was used officially in China from 1928-1958, has complex rules for 儿化 spellings. I can't find a complete chart online, but, again, [Chinese Wikipedia](http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E5%9C%8B%E8%AA%9E%E7%BE%85%E9%A6%AC%E5%AD%97#.E5.85.92.E5.8C.96.E9.9F.B3) has some details. GR uses "l" to represent rhotacization, but the precise rules for how the resulting work is spelled differ depending on the syllable final and tone.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-07-13. Score: 3

Specifically for Zhuyin Fuhao they add "ㄦ" as an erhua marker *after* the Zhuyin tone mark of the erhua-ized syllable e.g. 电影儿 is transcribed "ㄉㄧㄢˋㄧㄥˇㄦ". Usually this ㄦ is added with no tone mark (which in Zhuyin otherwise marks first tone) but some dictionaries will instead mark ㄦ with a neutral tone marker i.e. "ㄦ˙" instead. Note that the full syllable 儿 never by itself is pronounced in either the first tone or neutral tone so in either case there is no possible ambiguity with the full syllable ㄦ.

Surprisingly hard to find Yale Romanization erhua rules or even erhua examples online. Might need to go to library and physically look at old books published (by Yale Press) in the US before the 1980's.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2012-03-20. Score: 1

兒化 is the process of adding a 兒 at the end of words in some Notĥern Chinese dialects like the Beijing's one. There is no specific transcription for that other than adding a "r" in pinyin and a "ㄦ" in Zhuyin Fuhao. Although, in Taiwan, it's almost never seen since people don't do 兒化…

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: So, it's just not transcribed at all?  
> **username_5**: it is, only with the "r" in pinyin as I said. A dialect is supposed to be more oral too so, outside of chats softwares, you don't see that often.  

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