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人缘儿 (rén yuán r) — (erhua) personal relationships, popularity, how well one gets along with others

Definition

人缘儿 is the erhua (儿化) variant of 人缘 — how well you get along with people and how popular you are in daily social circles. Unlike 人气 or 声望 (broader public reputation), it refers to personal, face-to-face likability.

noun
(erhua) personal relationships, popularity, how well one gets along with others

Examples

  • ，。
    Tā rén yuán r tè bié hǎo, tóng shì dōu yuàn yì bāng tā.
    He has excellent personal relationships; colleagues are all willing to help him.
  • ，人缘儿。
    Tā lái gōng sī méi duō jiǔ, rén yuán r què hěn bú cuò.
    She hasn't been at the company long, but she's already gotten along with everyone quite well.
  • ，。
    Yí gè rén rén yuán r hǎo bu hǎo, kàn péng you duō shǎo jiù zhī dào le.
    Whether a person has good relationships well with others is obvious from how many friends they have.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

人缘personal affinity
人rénperson缘yuánaffinity
偏正Modifier + head
儿érerhua

The word 人缘 means personal affinity, and 儿 gives it a common spoken form.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Open 人 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 緣; 缘 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
彖
彖tuàn緣⁰yuán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 緣 puts 糸 (silk) beside 彖, which gives the sound; the simplified 缘 is a later abbreviation.

Open 缘 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 儿 is a simple drawing of a standing person, used as an alternate form of the character for person.

Open 儿 →
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