抄近儿 chāojìnr to take a shortcut Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 抄近 chāojìn to take a shortcut to take a shorter route; to cut across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.