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è

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è Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
è | e4
English translation
alligator

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About è

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

è

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

fish

Etymology of è

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

鱼咢

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

è

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Example sentences using è

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xiǎo 猴子 hóuzi zhè cái 知道 zhīdào 自己 zìjǐ zuǐ chán , shǎng le xiǎo 鳄鱼 è yú de dāng .

Small monkey this just knows oneself is greedy and ascended small crocodile of be.

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.

shé 鳄鱼 è yú dōu shì 爬行动物 pá xíng dòng wù .

Snakes and crocodiles are both reptiles.

jiāng 柠檬汁 níng méng zhī zài è piān shǎng .

Sprinkle the avocado slices with lemon juice.

è 呈现 chéngxiàn 典型 diǎnxíng de xié tuì 绿营养 yíngyǎng 生长 shēngzhǎng 减弱 jiǎn ruò .

The avocado shows a typical loss of green color and a reduction in vegetative growth.

Words with è

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
鳄鱼 è yú alligator鱷魚
è crocodile è
鳄梨 è lí avocado (Persea americana)鱷梨
扬子鳄 yáng zǐ è Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)揚子鱷
鳄鱼眼泪 è yú yǎn lèi crocodile tears鱷魚眼淚

è Decomposition & Compounds

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