小时候儿 xiǎoshíhour childhood Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 小时候 小時候 xiǎoshíhou noun in one's childhood During the time when one was a child; when one was young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.