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è Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
è | e4
English translation
to clutch, to grasp; to choke, to strangle

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About è

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

è

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of è

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌厄

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

è

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and è represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using è

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这篇专题 zhuāntí 文章 wénzhāng de 可取之处 kě qǔ zhī chù shì 简明扼要 jiǎn míng è yào 地道 dìdào chū le 取得 qǔ dé de 成就 chéngjiù

Your feature has the merit of simply stating what has been achieved.

抵押 dǐ yā 贷款 dàikuǎn 利率 lì lǜ 最近 zuìjìn de 回升 huí shēng 可能 kěnéng huì 扼杀 è shā 房地产 fáng dì chǎn de 复苏 fù sū

The recent rebound in mortgage rates could snuff out the housing recovery.

路易斯 Lù yì sī ·阿姆斯特朗 Ā mǔ sī tè lǎng 爵士乐 jué shì yuè 简明扼要 jiǎn míng è yào de 定义 dìngyì wéi 一门糊口 hú kǒu de 手艺 shǒuyì

Louis Armstrong defined jazz pithily as "what I play for a living".

Néng 扼要说明一下 yīxià 地区 dìqū 会议 huìyì shǎng 提案 tí àn de 重点 chóngdiǎn

Can you recap the points included in the regional conference proposal?

Words with è

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
扼杀 è shā to strangle扼殺
扼死 è sǐ to strangle扼死 è sǐ
è to guard è
简明扼要 jiǎn míng è yào succinct簡明扼要
扼腕 è wàn to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists)扼腕 è wàn
扼要 è yào concise扼要 è yào
扼制 è zhì to control扼制 è zhì
扼守 è shǒu to hold a pass扼守 è shǒu

è Decomposition & Compounds

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