兒臣 [儿－]

Jyutping ji4 san4
Pinyin ér chén

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. pron, archaic
    a first person pronoun employed by a male sovereign when speaking to an empress mother, queen mother, empress dowager, queen dowager, or the like
    • 兒臣懇請皇太后垂簾聽政，以安天下人心。
      儿臣恳请皇太后垂帘听政，以安天下人心。
      ér chén kěn qǐng huáng tài hòu chuí lián tīng zhèng ， yǐ ān tiān xià rén xīn ．
      I earnestly beg Empress Dowager to rule the empire from behind the curtain, so as to pacify public sentiment throughout this realm under heaven.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    儿臣恳请皇太后垂帘听政，以安天下人心。
    兒臣懇請皇太后垂簾聽政，以安天下人心。
    ér chén kěn qǐng huáng tài hòu chuí lián tīng zhèng ， yǐ ān tiān xià rén xīn ．
    • I earnestly beg Empress Dowager to rule the empire from behind the curtain, so as to pacify public sentiment throughout this realm under heaven.