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è Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
è | e4
English translation
bad, ill-omened, unlucky

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About è

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

è

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A jade statue  Wáng with four holes made in it  kǒu

Etymology of è

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

Wáng ⿱⿰口口口口

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Example sentences using è

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好像 hǎoxiàng 噩梦 è mèng chū xǐng shí 那样 nà yàng 觉得 juéde 生命 shēngmìng shì 何等 hé děng de 可爱 kěài .

Life seemed particularly sweet, as it does after awakening from a nightmare.

监狱 jiānyù de 那些 nà xiē Nián shì 一场噩梦 è mèng

The years in prison were a nightmare.

毕业 bìyè shuì 具体操作起来 qǐlai 不啻 bù chì 一场行政 xíngzhèng 噩梦 è mèng

In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare.

duì 大多数 dà duō shù 父母 fù mǔ 来说发现自己 de 孩子 háizi 吸毒 xī dú 简直 jiǎnzhí 就是 jiù shì cháng 噩梦 è mèng

Discovering your child takes drugs is a nightmare scenario for most parents.

Words with è

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
噩梦 è mèng nightmare噩夢
噩耗 è hào grievous news噩耗 è hào
浑浑噩噩 hún hún è è muddleheaded渾渾噩噩
è startling è
噩运 è yùn bad luck噩運

è Decomposition & Compounds

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