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The character 玩儿 is formed by taking the base character 玩 (wán), which means "to play" or "to have fun", and appending the colloquial suffix 儿 (ér) in a merged, single-unit written form. This 儿 suffix is not pronounced separately but is fused into the pronunciation of the previous syllable, changing it to "wánr", a common feature in Northern Mandarin, particularly the Beijing dialect, that adds a casual, relaxed, or diminutive nuance to the word. In writing, the two components are combined into one cohesive character to visually represent this fused spoken form.
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我们在外面玩儿。
周末我们一起去玩儿。
他经常和朋友玩儿游戏。
如果天气好,我们就去公园玩儿。
尽管工作很忙,他仍然抽时间陪孩子玩儿。