-erize

verb

To add r-coloring; to take on an r-colored vowel; to exhibit or undergo erhua.

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Meanings

verb-erize (third-person singular simple present -erizes, present participle -erizing, simple past and past participle -erized)

present singular third person -erizes · participle present -erizing · participle past -erized · past -erized · alternative -erise

  1. human sciencesTo add r-coloring; to take on an r-colored vowel; to exhibit or undergo erhua.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:-erize.

Origin

From Chinese ér(huà) + -ize.

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APA

-erize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-erize

MLA

“-erize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-erize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-erize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-erize.

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