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ěr

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ěr Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
ěr | er3
English translation
bait; cake; dumplings; to bait, to entice

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About ěr

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

ěr

Contains the radical

shí

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

food

Etymology of ěr

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

饣耳

Semantic compound

shí

Phonetic compound

ěr

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shí represents the meaning and ěr represents the sound. Simplified form of ěr .

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Example sentences using ěr

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tiáo zài 轻轻地 kěn 鱼饵 yú ěr .

A fish nibbles at the bait.

yǎo ěr shí , jiù bèi diào zài gōu shǎng .

As the fish snaps at the bait, it gets caught on the hook.

河里 de 很多, diào 线 xiàn shǎng de 鱼饵 yú ěr mán hǎo , 这些 zhè xiē 越来越 yuè lái yuè 狡猾 jiǎohuá ,今天 jīntiān 就是 jiù shì 上钩 shàng gōu .

There are plenty of fish in the river, and good baits on my line, but the fish are getting clever and refuse to rise to the

感到 gǎn dào (有鱼)轻咬 qīng yǎo 一下 yīxià ěr .

I felt a nibble at the bait.

还是 háishi tiāo chū zài 船梢 de 钓丝重新 chóngxīn 装上钓饵 de hǎo , " shuì .

" I had better re - bait that little line out over the stern, " he said.

Words with ěr

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
诱饵 yòu ěr bait誘餌
ěr pastry ěr
鱼饵 yú ěr fish bait魚餌
饵子 ěr zi fish bait餌子

ěr Decomposition & Compounds

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