On the characteristics of words with suffix ér in Beijing mandarin
Beijing Mandarin includes the dialects,which are distributed in the city and suburban counties of Beijing,Chengde in Hebei Province,most of the three northeastern provinces(excepting Liaodong Peninsu-la)and Chifeng in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.Compared to other Mandarin dialects,words with Suffix ér in Beijing Mandarin have the following characteristics:"a large number","wide distribution of types"and"outstanding retroflex features".
Beijing mandarinwords with suffix ércharacteristics