- {語(yǔ)} suffixation of a nonsyllabic “r” to nouns and sometimes verbs, causing a retroflexion of the preceding vowel, typical of the pronunciation of standard Chinese and of some dialects (漢語(yǔ)普通話(huà)和某些方言中的一種語(yǔ)音現象,即后綴“兒”字不自成音節,使前一音節韻母成為卷舌韻母)