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ěr Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
ěr | er3
English translation
you; that, those; final particle

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About ěr

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

ěr

Contains the radical

yáo

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Etymology of ěr

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Positional decomposition

⿻?⿰爻爻

Explanation

Simplified form of ěr . Origin unclear. Used in ancient texts to mean "you".

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Words with ěr

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
ěr thus ěr
偶尔 ǒuěr occasionally偶爾
高尔夫 gāo ěr fū golf (loanword)高爾夫
哈尔滨 Hā ěr bīn Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江 Hēi lóng jiāng [Hēi​lóng​jiāng] in northeast China哈爾濱
比尔 Bǐ ěr Bill (name)比爾
英特尔 Yīng tè ěr Intel英特爾
爱尔兰 Aì ěr lán Ireland愛爾蘭
海尔 Hǎi ěr Hale (name)海爾
福尔摩斯 Fú ěr mó sī Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯 Fú ěr mó sī [Xie1 luo4 ke4 · Fu2 er3 mo2 si1]福爾摩斯
卡尔 Kǎ ěr Karl (name)卡爾
戴尔 Dài ěr Dell戴爾
迈克尔 Mài kè ěr Michael (name)邁克爾
切尔西 Qiè ěr xī Chelsea切爾西
查尔斯 Chá ěr sī Charles查爾斯
克莱尔 Kè lái ěr Claire (name)克萊爾
高尔夫球 gāo ěr fū qiú golf高爾夫球
布莱尔 Bù lái ěr Blair (name)布萊爾
贝尔 Bèi ěr Bell (person name)貝爾
阿尔巴尼亚 Ā ěr bā ní yà Albania阿爾巴尼亞
丹尼尔 Dān ní ěr Daniel (name)丹尼爾
科尔 Kē ěr Kohl (name)科爾
哈尔滨市 Hā ěr bīn shì Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江 Hēi lóng jiāng [Hēi​lóng​jiāng] in northeast China哈爾濱市

ěr Decomposition & Compounds

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