扎堆兒

See also: 扎堆儿

Chinese

		to gather together	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (扎堆兒)		扎堆	兒
simp. (扎堆儿)		扎堆	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāduīr

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚ ㄉㄨㄟㄦ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāduīr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚ ㄉㄨㄟㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhadueir
    • Wade–Giles: cha¹-tui¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: jā-dwēir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaduel
    • Palladius: чжадуйр (čžadujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵ tu̯əɻ⁵⁵/

Verb

扎堆兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 扎堆 (zhāduī, “to gather together”).

   • 上大學那會兒，女生都愛扎堆兒，你三個一群，我五個一伙，一塊兒上食堂吃飯，一塊兒到圖書館晚自習。 [MSC, trad.]
     上大学那会儿，女生都爱扎堆儿，你三个一群，我五个一伙，一块儿上食堂吃饭，一块儿到图书馆晚自习。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2008: Qin Yong (秦俑), 化妝

     Shàng dàxué nèihuìr, nǚshēng dōu ài zhāduīr, nǐ sān ge yī qún, wǒ wǔ ge yī huǒ, yīkuàir shàng shítáng chīfàn, yīkuàir dào túshūguǎn wǎnzìxí. [Pinyin]

     Back during my uni days, the girls liked going in groups to the canteen for a bite to eat or to the library to study into the night.