搓板儿 cuōbǎnr washboard Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 搓板 cuōbǎn washboard a wooden or plastic board with a ribbed surface used for hand-washing clothes; also called 洗衣板 xǐyībǎn儿 兒 r particleaffix [erhua suffix] A suffix attached to a word to form a retroflex ending, often indicating a small size, a sense of familiarity, or turning a word into a noun.