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é Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
é | e2
English translation
variant of é
> é [é]
forehead
horizontal tablet or inscribed board
specified number or amount
forehead; quota, amount

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About é

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

é

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

head

Etymology of é

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

客页

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of é .

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Example sentences using é

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快速 kuài sù 投递 tóu dì 额外 éwài 费用 fèi yòng .

You have to pay a premium for express delivery.

穿针引线 chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn shí ,总是 zǒngshì 眯眼 é .

She frowns when she's putting thread into a needle.

Wén dào zhè 令人 lìng rén 作呕 zuò ǒu de 气味 qìwèi ,皱眉 zhòu méi é .

He screwed up his face at the nasty smell.

yāo 2 Zhāng 面额 miàn é 50 Yuán de quàn .

I will take two of twenty five dollars gift certificates.

xiǎng yāo [ zhī miàn ] 可否 kě fǒu qǐng 额外 éwài Jiā ?

I'd like the Ink Squid Pasta . Can you make it extra spicy?

Words with é

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
é forehead é
额外 éwài extra額外
金额 jīn é sum of money金額
份额 fèn é share份額
总额 zǒng é total (amount or value)總額
额头 é tóu forehead額頭
巨额 jù é a huge amount巨額
数额 shùé amount數額
名额 míngé quota名額
销售额 xiāo shòu é sales figure銷售額
前额 qián é forehead前額
余额 yú é surplus餘額
额度 é dù quota額度
高额 gāo é high quota高額
超额 chāo é above quota超額
配额 pèi é quota配額
焦头烂额 jiāo tóu làn é fig. hard-pressed焦頭爛額
营业额 yíng yè é turnover營業額
定额 dìng é quota定額
差额 chā é difference差額
面额 miàn é denomination (of currency or bond)面額
贸易额 mào yì é volume of trade (between countries)貿易額

é Decomposition & Compounds

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é Decomposition

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