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
- 塞耳 earplug; earwax
- 耳环(耳環) earring ; an ear or moon shaped drinking vessel
- 左耳入,右耳出 in one ear and out the other
- 刺耳 ear-piercing
- 左耳刀 name of Kangxi radical 170
- 土耳其旋转烤肉(土耳其旋轉烤肉) Turkish döner kebab
- 人工耳蜗(人工耳蝸) cochlear implant
- 耳畔 ears
- 如雷贯耳(如雷貫耳) like thunder piercing the ear; a well-known reputation
- 口耳相传(口耳相傳) to teach orally
- 耳璫 an earring
- 卷耳 mouse ear
- 白耳奇鹛(白耳奇鶥) white-eared sibia (Heterophasia auricularis)
- 耳挖勺 earpick; curette
- 接耳交头(接耳交頭) to whisper in each other's ears
- 西南栗耳凤鹛(西南栗耳鳳鶥) striated yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps)
- 凸耳 flange; lug
- 耳鼓 eardrum; tympanum (of the middle ear); tympanic membrane
- 震耳 ear-splitting
- 酒酣耳热(酒酣耳熱) tipsy and merry
- 耳子 handle (on a pot)
- 内耳(內耳) inner ear
- 耳饰(耳飾) an earring; an eardrop
- 大耳窿 loan shark; usurer
- 眼观四面,耳听八方(眼觀四面,耳聽八方) the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions; to be observant and alert
- 耳塞 earplug; earphone
- 红耳鹎(紅耳鵯) red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
- 耳廓狐 fennec; Vulpes zerda
- 蓝耳病(藍耳病) porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS); blue-ear swine fever
- 苍耳(蒼耳) Siberian cocklebur
- 双耳旁(雙耳旁) name of Kangxi radical 163; 170
- 耳郭 outer ear; auricle; pinna
- 俯首帖耳 bowed head and ears glued; docile and obedient; at somebody's beck and call
- 人工电子耳(人工電子耳) cochlear implant
- 撒母耳记上(撒母耳記上) First book of Samuel
- 耳罩 earmuffs
- 耳软心活(耳軟心活) to follow other people's words uncritically
- 土耳其软糖(土耳其軟糖) Turkish delight; Lokum
- 扇风耳朵(扇風耳朵) protruding ears
- 隔墙有耳(隔牆有耳) the walls have ears
- 耳源性 otogenic
- 马耳东风(馬耳東風) the east wind blowing in a horse's ear; words one pays no heed to
- 掩人耳目 to fool people; to pull the wool over people's eyes
- 右耳旁 right ear radical; name of variant of Kangxi radical 163
- 耳蜗(耳蝸) cochlea
- 耳软(耳軟) credulous
- 面红耳赤(面紅耳赤) flushed with anger (or excitement)
- 耳根软(耳根軟) credulous
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- 《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
- 卷三十四 韓彭英盧吳傳 Volume 34: Han, Peng, Ying, Lu and Wu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 32
- 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
- 《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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 熊耳 (熊耳) 熊耳 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 3