How to type the second character of this word 哪儿?

[Patrick_ChineseForum]

I'm using Microsoft Pinyin new experience 2010 as keyboard input. So far everything works great except that I couldn't type the second character of the word 哪儿 (I copied and pasted this word to this post). The lesson from CCTV shows that its pinyin is "nar". However when I type "nar", this word never appeared in the list. What did I do wrong? If I delete the r (leave only "na"), then the 哪 character shows up. Still, I have no idea how to type the character 儿. How to produce this word 哪儿 by typing? Please advice.

Thanks,

[jkhsu]

When you see 儿 you type it with "er". So for 哪儿 you have to type "naer".

[Patrick_ChineseForum]

jkhsu, it worked! Thanks man! I no longer have to copy and paste this word...la ...la ...la (pretty happy :-)

[fanglu]

It took me a long time to figure this out too.

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[imron]

For reference (because if you wondered about 儿 you'll likely wonder about this too), any character with the pinyin ü is typed with a v, e.g. 女 is typed nv.

[Patrick_ChineseForum]

Imron, thanks for the tip for typing 女. I wouldn't be able guess that in a million years! It's weird that Microsoft picked "nv" for that sound. I don't think "nv" is in the pinyin table. Well, it's cool to learn something new everyday. Thanks for making me a bit smarter today :-)

funglu, how did you figure it out? By asking others?

[Iriya]

It's not Microsoft, every pinyin input system ever made is like this.

[renzhe]

I don't think "nv" is in the pinyin table.

It isn't (v is unused in pinyin). But "ü" is not found on most keyboards, so "v" is a common computer substitution for such cases.

[Patrick_ChineseForum]

Iriya/Renzhe, thanks for the info. You guys have increased my brain cell connections this morning! :-D