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坨儿

tuó rdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
classifier for lumps of soft things (colloquial)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-306b94ec6c650474. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

坨兒 坨儿 [tuo2 r5] /classifier for lumps of soft things (colloquial)/

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Other forms in these source records: 坨兒

  • 坨
    tuó

    mound; heap; lump / classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits) / (of noodles, jiaozi 餃子|饺子[jiǎo zi] etc) to stick together; to form a clump

  • 儿
    ér

    child / son

    r

    non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.