窑黑儿 yáohēir coal miner Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 窑黑 窯黑 yáohēi coal miner informal name for a worker who digs coal in a mine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.