耳 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)

Contained in

• 赫耳墨斯 Hermes, in Greek mythology, messenger of the Gods
• 耳朵软(耳朵軟) credulous
• 当耳旁风(當耳旁風) to treat (what somebody says) as wind past your ear; to completely disregard
• 内耳道(內耳道) internal auditory meatus (canal in temporal bone of skull housing auditory nerves)
• 撒母耳记下(撒母耳記下) Second book of Samuel
• 掩耳 to refuse to listen
• 阿耳戈斯 Argus / in Greek mythology, a monster with 100 eyes, transformed into peacock's tail
• 谄耳(諂耳) to please the ear
• 拭目倾耳(拭目傾耳) to watch and listen attentively
• 耳源性眩晕(耳源性眩暈) aural vertigo
• 耳针(耳針) auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture)
• 耳璫 an earring
• 土耳其软糖(土耳其軟糖) Turkish delight; Lokum
• 耳畔 ears
• 耳根 the basal part of the ear ; an ear
• 土耳其人 a Turk; Turkish person
• 凸耳 flange; lug
• 长耳公(長耳公) a donkey
• 忠言逆耳 honest advice, although unpleasant to the ear, induces good conduct
• 耳旁风(耳旁風) wind past your ear; something you don't pay much attention to; in one ear and out the other
• 阿耳茨海默氏病 Alzheimer's disease
• 耳屎 earwax; cerumen
• 栗耳短脚鹎(栗耳短腳鵯) brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
• 耳闻(耳聞) to hear
• 耳垂 an earlobe
• 耳饰(耳飾) an earring; an eardrop
• 口耳相传(口耳相傳) to teach orally
• 栗耳凤鹛(栗耳鳳鶥) Indochinese yuhina (Yuhina torqueola)
• 短耳鸮(短耳鴞) short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
• 当耳边风(當耳邊風) to treat (what somebody says) as wind past your ear; to completely disregard
• 耳鸣(耳鳴) tinnitus; ringing in the ears
• 接耳交头(接耳交頭) to whisper in each other's ears
• 耳软(耳軟) credulous
• 耳根子软(耳根子軟) credulous
• 耳郭 outer ear; auricle; pinna
• 耳濡目染 to be influenced
• 耳挖勺 earpick; curette
• 日耳曼语(日耳曼語) Germanic language
• 蓝耳病(藍耳病) porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS); blue-ear swine fever
• 耳目 eyes and ears; attention; information; knowledge; spies
• 右耳刀 name of Kangxi radical 163
• 卷耳 mouse ear
• 蓝耳翠鸟(藍耳翠鳥) blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
• 土耳其旋转烤肉(土耳其旋轉烤肉) Turkish döner kebab
• 耳壳(耳殼) outer ear; auricle; pinna
• 倾耳细听(傾耳細聽) to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
• 斯佩耳特小麦(斯佩耳特小麥) spelt (Triticum spelta)
• 蒲式耳 bushel
• 眼瞎耳聋(眼瞎耳聾) to be deaf and blind

Also contained in

范德瓦耳斯 、 波义耳

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 义耳 (義耳) 義耳義耳 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十三 魯問 Book 13 - Lu's Question — count: 4
• 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
• 耳卒 (耳卒) 晉侯重耳卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3