How to pronounce nü er (女儿) in Chinese
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女儿
nǚ ér
Characters & meanings
woman; female
son / child
Common mistake
Low + rising (3-2): nǚ uses the ü vowel — say "ee" while rounding your lips — then glide into the tongue-curled ér. Saying nǔ (plain u) turns it into a different syllable.
Example sentence
他女儿很可爱。
Tā nǚ'ér hěn kě'ài.
His daughter is very cute.
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