ěr

  1. 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)
  2. ěr noun Kangxi radical 128
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: Ear (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
  3. 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)
  4. ěr noun an ear-shaped object
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '耳' 2)
  5. ěr adjective on both sides
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '耳' 3)
  6. 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)

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吉耳吉特日耳曼语族李耳

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