爾
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Pronunciation
Peng'im: re2
POJ: júr
Variety: chaozhou
POJ: júr
Variety: chaozhou
Pronunciation note: Realised [dz] ~ [z] ~ [l] depending on speaker and register; many younger speakers merge it with /l/. The cited sources corroborate [dz], relaxing to [z] for younger/overseas speakers; neither attests the further merger to /l/.
Meanings and usage
particle: only; that's all (sentence-final particle)
爾
爾
Several senses (literary pronoun 'you', literary particle, Hokkien-tagged 'only/that's all') share the same reading; chose the particle sense as most plausible for colloquial Teochew but this is uncertain.