碴儿 (chá r) — broken pieces, fragments, splinters (of glass, china, stone); grudge, the cause of a quarrel; fault to pick on

Definition

碴儿 (chár) is a colloquial noun with two distinct senses: sharp broken pieces of glass/china (avoid stepping on them), or a 'grudge' / petty fault someone picks on (often 找碴儿 'pick a quarrel').

noun
broken piecesfragmentssplinters (of glass, china, stone)grudgethe cause of a quarrelfault to pick on
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 碴儿，。
    Xiǎo xīn dì shàng de bō li chá r, bié huá shāng le jiǎo.
    Be careful of the glass shards on the floor — don't cut your feet.
  • 碴儿，。
    Tā zǒng ài zhǎo bié rén de chá r, méi rén xǐ huan gēn tā yì qǐ gōng zuò.
    He always likes to pick on others' faults — nobody likes working with him.
  • 碴儿，。
    Zhè liǎng gè rén zhī jiān yǒu jiù chá r, jiàn miàn jiù chǎo jià.
    There's an old grudge between these two — they argue whenever they meet.

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.

碴cháchip
儿érer

碴 gives the sense of a chip or splinter, and 儿 gives the everyday spoken feel.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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.

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