In Chinese there are a number of syllabes wich are unstressed and take a feeble tone. This is known as the neutral tone wich is shown by the absence of tone-graph.
māma 妈妈 : mum
àiren 爱人 : husband, wife
bàba 爸爸 : dad
háizi 孩子 : child, children
gēge 哥哥 : elder brother
guānxi 关系 : relation
dìdi 弟弟 : younger brother
xièxie 谢谢 : thank you
jiějie 姐姐 : elder sister
kèqi 客气 : polite
mèimei 妹妹 : younger sister
xiūxi 休息 : have a rest
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The final 儿 "er" is sometimes attached to another final to form a retroflex final and when thus used, it is no longer an independent syllable. A retroflex final is represented by the letter "r" added to the final.
huì + er -> huìr
yíhuìr 一会儿 : a moment
diǎn + er -> diǎnr
yìdiǎnr 一点儿 : a little
nǎ + er -> nǎr
naǎr 哪儿 : where
zhè + er -> zhèr
zhèr 这儿 : there
Conversation
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Duì
对
bù
不
qǐ
起
!
！
-
Méi
没
guānxi
关系
!
！
-
Xièxie
谢谢
!
！
-
Bú
不
kèqi
客气
!
！
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Míngtiān
明天 !
jiàn
见
!
！
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Míngtiān
明天 !
jiàn
见
!
！
-
xiū xi
休息
yí huìr
一会儿
!
！
-
hǎo
好
ba
吧
!
！
对不起
Duì bù qǐ
I'm sorry!
没
méi
(adv)
not
关系
guānxi
(n)
relation
没关系
Méi guānxi!
That's all right
谢谢
Xièxie
Thank you !
不
bú
(adv)
not
客气
kèqi
(adj)
polite
不客气！
Bú kèqi !
You're welcome !
明天
míngtiān
(adv)
tomorrow
见
jiàn
(v)
see
明天见！
Míngtiān jiàn!
See you tomorrow!
休息
xiūxi
(v)
have a rest
一会儿
yíhuìr
(n)
a moment
休息一会儿！
xiūxi yíhuìr!
Have a rest!
好
hǎo
(adj)
good
好吧！
hǎo ba
All right!
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