这儿
zhè r
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 這兒
Here, this place — the everyday spoken form, especially in the north. 在这儿 is 'here' (at this place) and 来这儿 'come here'. In writing and in the south people more often say 这里; the meaning is the same.
Ở đây, chỗ này — cách nói thường ngày, nhất là ở miền Bắc Trung Quốc. 在这儿 là “ở đây”, 来这儿 là “lại đây”. Trong văn viết và ở miền Nam Trung Quốc người ta hay nói 这里; nghĩa như nhau.
PronounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 这/這 = giá, 儿/兒 = nhi · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “这儿” mean?
Here, this place — the everyday spoken form, especially in the north. 在这儿 is 'here' (at this place) and 来这儿 'come here'. In writing and in the south people more often say 这里; the meaning is the same.
Is “这儿” formal or informal?
这儿 is generally neutral.