Abbreviations
A number of frequently-occurring morphemes have abbreviated spellings in GR. The commonest of these, followed by their Pinyin equivalents, are:
- -g (-ge)
- -j (-zhe)
- -m (-me)
- occurs in sherm (shénme), jemm/tzemm (zhème) and tzeem (zěnme)
- sh (shi)
- also in compounds such as jiowsh (jiùshi), dannsh (dànshi), etc.
- -tz (-zi)
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