耳 ěr
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ěr
noun
ear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used in literary Chinese as a noun and in bound form in modern Chinese as part of the two-syllable word 耳朵 (ABC 'ěr' 耳 bf; NCCED '耳' 1) -
ěr
noun
Kangxi radical 128
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Ear (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
ěr
particle
and that is all
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In Classical Chinese 耳 is a fusion of 而已 placed at the end of the sentence to restrict the meaning of the sentence (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 134). For example, 直好世俗之樂耳。'I only love the music that suits the manners of the present age.' (Mengzi: 2.1/7/10, translation by Legge) -
ěr
noun
an ear-shaped object
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '耳' 2) -
ěr
adjective
on both sides
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '耳' 3) -
ěr
noun
a vessel handle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Archaeology
Notes: For example, the handles of a vase (ABC 'ěr' 耳 n)
Contained in
- 使耳聋(使耳聾) to deafen
- 耳挖勺 earpick; curette
- 焦耳 joule
- 咬着耳朵(咬著耳朵) whispering in somebody's ear
- 栗耳短脚鹎(栗耳短腳鵯) brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
- 洗耳恭听(洗耳恭聽) to listen with respectful attention
- 不绝于耳(不絕於耳) (of sound) to never stop; to fall incessantly on the ear; to linger on
- 谄耳(諂耳) to please the ear
- 眼观六路耳听八方(眼觀六路耳聽八方) the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions; to be observant and alert
- 眼瞎耳聋(眼瞎耳聾) to be deaf and blind
- 逆耳 to be unpleasant to hear
- 莫耳 mole
- 外耳 outer ear
- 隔墙有耳(隔牆有耳) the walls have ears
- 内耳(內耳) inner ear
- 撒母耳记上(撒母耳記上) First book of Samuel
- 耳发(耳髮) (men) sideburns; (women) lengths of hair that hang down over the temples
- 爱耳日(愛耳日) Ear Care Day
- 疾雷不及塞耳 a bolt of thunder claps there is no time to block one's ears
- 交口接耳 to speak in someone's ear; to chat in low voices
- 倾耳细听(傾耳細聽) to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
- 耳目 eyes and ears; attention; information; knowledge; spies
- 耳根子软(耳根子軟) credulous
- 中耳 middle ear
- 耳子 handle (on a pot)
- 耳垂 an earlobe
- 耳璫 an earring
- 耳膜 eardrum; tympanum (of the middle ear); tympanic membrane
- 隔壁有耳 walls have ears
- 耳挖子 earpick; curette
- 耳根清净(耳根清淨) ears pure and peaceful; to stay away from the filth and unrest of the world
- 蓝耳拟啄木鸟(藍耳擬啄木鳥) blue-eared barbet (Megalaima australis)
- 土耳其人 a Turk; Turkish person
- 耳屎 earwax; cerumen
- 耳垢 ear dirt; earwax
- 苍耳(蒼耳) Siberian cocklebur
- 单耳旁(單耳旁) name of dan er radical
- 同传耳麦(同傳耳麥) simultaneous interpretation headset
- 肥头大耳(肥頭大耳) robust and prosperous (a compliment in former times); fat person (modern)
- 耳洞 pierced ear
- 耳钉(耳釘) stud earring
- 双耳旁(雙耳旁) name of Kangxi radical 163; 170
- 面红耳赤(面紅耳赤) flushed with anger (or excitement)
- 苏格兰折耳猫(蘇格蘭摺耳貓) Scottish Fold
- 眼见为实，耳听为虚(眼見為實，耳聽為虛) to believe what one sees, not what one hears . Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
Also contained in
吉耳吉特 、 日耳曼语族 、 聂耳 、 李耳 、 马耳他 、 熊耳山
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《晉世家》 House of Jin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 81
- 《張耳陳餘列傳》 Biographies of Zhang Er and Chen Yu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 69
- 卷三十二 張耳陳餘傳 Volume 32: Zhang Er and Chen Yu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 61
- 《耳部》 Ěr Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 50
- 卷十四 魏書十四 程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 33
- 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 32
- 卷四十七 Scroll 47 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 32
- 卷三十四 韓彭英盧吳傳 Volume 34: Han, Peng, Ying, Lu and Wu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 32
- 《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 30
- 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 29
Collocations
- 重耳 (重耳) 大戎狐姬生重耳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 23
- 子耳 (子耳) 子耳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 8
- 耳听 (耳聽) 四曰耳聽 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice — count: 8
- 聪耳 (聰耳) 故唯毋以聖王爲聰耳明目與 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同下 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior III — count: 7
- 可耳 (可耳) 唯官山海為可耳 — Guanzi 管子, 海王第七十二 Chapter 72: King of the Sea — count: 6
- 充耳 (充耳) 褎如充耳 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧旄丘 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Mao Qiu — count: 6
- 耳明 (耳明) 故唯毋以聖王爲聰耳明目與 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同下 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior III — count: 5
- 卑耳 (卑耳) 踰太行與卑耳之貉 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 4
- 义耳 (義耳) 義耳義耳 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十三 魯問 Book 13 - Lu's Question — count: 4
- 令耳 (令耳) 令耳屬城 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 3