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è

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è Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
è | e4
English translation
belch; hiccup

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About è

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

è

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Modal particle / 语气词 yǔ qì cí Yǔqì cí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of è

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口厄

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

è

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and è represents the sound.

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Example sentences using è

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duō lái tāng , 尼克 Ní kè , jiù xiǎng 办法 bànfǎ —— è —— 你们 nǐ men liǎ dào 一起 yīqǐ .

Come over often, Nick, and I'll sort of -- oh -- fling you together.

辛楣 瞎猜 xiā cāi dào :认为 rènwéi shì zuì —— è —— zuì 伟大 wěidà de 戏剧家 xì jù jiā .

I consider him the - uh - the greatest playwright,'said Hsin - mei , taking a wild guess.

è , Néng 不能 bù néng lái tāng ,看看 kàn kan 我家厨房 chúfáng 水池 shuǐ chí .

Do you think you could come across and have a look at our kitchen sink?

辛楣 释然 shì rán dào : Fāng —— è —— Sūn 小姐 xiǎojie , zhēn hǎo !

Relieved , Hsin - mei said, " Mrs. - uh - Miss Sun, how good you are!

è hēng 可以 kěyǐ 提个建议 jiànyì

Ahem, can I make a suggestion?

Words with è

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
è to hiccup è
呃逆 è nì to hiccup呃逆 è nì
打呃 dǎ è to hiccup打呃 dǎ è

è Decomposition & Compounds

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