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俄

é

Character

What 俄 means

1. suddenly
2. very soon

Other readings

俄 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• ÉRussia; Russian; abbr. for {俄罗斯|É luó sī}

Example sentences

• 她说俄语。
  She speaks Russian.
• 用俄语说！
  Say it in Russian!
• 我是俄国人。
  Wǒ shì éguórén.
  I'm Russian.
• 你会俄语吗?
  Do you speak Russian?
• 俄语很难学。
  Russian is hard to learn.
• 这是俄罗斯！
  This is Russia!

Words starting with 俄

• 俄罗斯É luó sīRussia
• 俄国É guóRussia
• 俄语É yǔRussian (language)
• 俄文É wénRussian language
• 俄国人É guó rénRussian (person)
• 俄中É ZhōngRussia-China
• 俄而é ér(literary) very soon; before long
• 俄军É jūnRussian army
• 俄备得É bèi déObed (son of Boaz and Ruth)
• 俄塔社É tǎ shèInformation Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS), Russian news agency
• 俄罗斯人É luó sī rénRussian (person)
• 俄罗斯族É luó sī zúRussian ethnic minority in China
• 俄克拉何马É kè lā hé mǎOklahoma, US state
• 俄克拉何马城É kè lā hé mǎ chéngOklahoma City
• 俄罗斯帝国É luó sī Dì guóRussian empire (1546-1917)
• 俄巴底亚书É bā dǐ yà shūBook of Obadiah
• 俄联邦É lián bāngthe Russian Federation
• 俄罗斯联邦É luó sī Lián bāngRussian Federation, RSFSR
• 俄乌É WūRusso-Ukrainian
• 俄罗斯方块É luó sī Fāng kuàiTetris (video game)
• 俄罗斯轮盘É luó sī lún pánRussian roulette
• 俄中朝É Zhōng CháoRussia, China and North Korea
• 俄勒冈É lè gāngOregon
• 俄勒冈州É lè gāng zhōuOregon

Words containing 俄

• 苏俄Sū éSoviet Russia
• 白俄罗斯Bái é luó sīBelarus
• 埃塞俄比亚Āi sài é bǐ yàEthiopia
• 沙俄Shā ÉTsarist Russia; abbr. for 沙皇俄国
• 白俄Bái éBelarus; abbr. for 白俄罗斯
• 中俄Zhōng ÉChina-Russia
• 联俄lián Éalliance with Russia (e.g. of early Chinese communists)
• 中俄关系Zhōng É guān xìSino-Russian relations
• 日俄战争Rì É Zhàn zhēngthe war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan
• 白俄罗斯人Bái é luó sī rénByelorussian (person)
• 帝俄Dì ÉTsarist Russia
• 中俄改订条约Zhōng É Gǎi dìng Tiáo yuēTreaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing…
• 中俄边界协议Zhōng É biān jiè xié yìSino-Russian Border Agreement of 1991
• 埃塞俄比亚界Āi sài é bǐ yà jiè(biogeography) the Afrotropical realm (formerly, the Ethiopian Zone)
• 苏维埃俄国Sū wéi āi É guóSoviet Russia (1917-1991)
• 中俄北京条约Zhōng É Běi jīng Tiáo yuēthe Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia
• 怀俄明Huái é míngWyoming, US state
• 沙皇俄国Shā huáng É guóTsarist Russia
• 中俄伊犁条约Zhōng É Yī lí Tiáo yuēTreaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing…
• 狄俄倪索斯Dí é ní suǒ sīDionysus, the god of wine in Greek mythology
• 中俄尼布楚条约Zhōng É Ní bù chǔ Tiáo yuēTreaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
• 拿俄米Ná é mǐNaomi (name)

Characters built on 我

These share the phonetic component 我 (wǒ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 哦éto chant
• 饿èhungry; to starve (sb)
• 鹅égoose
• 蛾é(bound form) moth
• 娥égood; beautiful
• 峨élofty; name of a mountain
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 锇éosmium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 俄

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 继jìto continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 旅lǚtrip; travel; to travel
• 娘niángmother; young lady; (colloquial) effeminate
• 俩liǎtwo (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some
• 饿èhungry; to starve (sb)
• 娓wěiused in 娓娓

Sounds the same

Read é, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哦to chant
• 额forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 鹅goose
• 娥good; beautiful
• 讹error; false; to extort
• 峨lofty; name of a mountain
• 蛾(bound form) moth
• 莪zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 囮decoy
• 蚵(Taiwan) oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô])
• 锇osmium (chemistry)
• 涐old name for the Dadu River 大渡河