短儿 duǎnr shortcoming Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 短 duǎn weak point (bound form) a person's shortcomings or faults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.