fixed; rigid; (of a knot) tight; (of a mechanical part) not movable

colloquial reading used in rhoticized phrases like 没法儿 méi​fǎ​r or 想个法儿 xiǎng​ge​fǎ​r, and in the word 法子 fǎ​zi (often pronounced fázi)

[suffix] used to form nouns from noun, verb, or adjective roots