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è Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
è | e4
English translation
startled, alarmed, astonished

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About è

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

è

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

heart

Etymology of è

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄咢

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

è

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Example sentences using è

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zài 网球赛 wǎng qiú sài Zhōng , jìng bèi wèi 70高龄 gāo líng de 老人 lǎo rén 击败 jī bài , qǐng 想像 xiǎng xiàng 一下 yīxià 当时 dāngshí de 惊愕 jīng è 状态 zhuàngtài .

Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis.

冯云卿 zhuǎn Guò liǎn lái ,愕然 è rán zhēng le 眼睛 yǎnjing .

Feng Yun - ching turned round and looked at her wide - eyed.

惊愕 jīng è 万分 wànfēn 不知 bù zhī shuì 什么 shénme hǎo

I feel simply too devastated for words.

惊愕 jīng è de dīng zhāo 自己 zìjǐ zuì 宠爱 chǒng aì de 孩子 háizi 满心 mǎn xīn 恐惧 kǒngjù

He stared at his favourite child, dismayed, filled with fear.

对于 duìyú 人们 rén men 仍然 réngrán 不上保险 bǎoxiǎn jiù 冒险 màoxiǎn 旅行 lǚxíng hěn 惊愕 jīng è

She is amazed that people still risk travelling without insurance.

Words with è

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
惊愕 jīng è to stun驚愕
è startled è
愕然 è rán stunned愕然 è rán

è Decomposition & Compounds

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