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è Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
è | e4
English translation
adversity, difficulty, distress

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About è

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

è

Contains the radical

hǎn

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

A person  xiān being crushed under pressure hǎn

Etymology of è

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

厂㔾

Explanation

Pictograph of a harness on a horse.

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Example sentences using è

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人们 rén men 采用 cǎi yòng le pài è 泼克勃 xíng 飞机 fēijī 飞行 fēi xíng .

A Piper Cub was chartered to fly.

利厄斯朝士兵 shìbīng 点头 diǎn tóu 示意 shìyì , 他们 tā men 随即 suíjí 押运 yā yùn rén 领到 lǐng dào zhū è 梨树 Lí shù 后面 hòumian .

Cornelius nodded to several of the soldiers, who led the supercargo away behind an avocado tree.

这个 zhè ge shì 根据 gēnjù 格雷厄姆·格林 Gé lín de běn 小说 xiǎoshuō 改编 gǎi biān de .

The play is based upon a novel by Graham Greene.

然后 ránhòu shǎng 自行车 zìxíngchē dēng chū le è 里斯沼泽 zhǎozé 地区 dìqū .

Then he wheeled his bicycle out of Erith Marshes.

zài 每日 měi rì 新闻 xīnwén shǎng dòu dào le Xiū 厄尔 de 讣告 fù gào .

I read Sewell's obituary in the Daily News.

Words with è

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
è distressed è
厄运 è yùn bad luck厄運
厄瓜多尔 È guā duō ěr Ecuador厄瓜多爾
厄尔尼诺 È ěr Ní nuò El Niño, equatorial climate variation in the Pacific厄爾尼諾
厄立特里亚 È lì tè lǐ yà Eritrea厄立特里亞
厄尔尼诺现象 è ěr ní nuò xiàn xiàng El Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean厄爾尼諾現象
困厄 kùn è in deep water困厄 kùn è
卡尔斯鲁厄 Kǎ ěr sī lǔ è Karlsruhe (city in Germany)卡爾斯魯厄

è Decomposition & Compounds

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