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俺

ǎn

Character

What 俺 means

1. I (northern dialects)

Example sentences

• 俺不中嘞。
  I can't do it.
• 俺不弹钢琴。
  ǎn bù tán gāngqín.
  I don't play the piano.
• 这活儿还得俺来弄，别人可不行。
  This job still has to be done by me. No one else can handle it.

Characters built on 奄

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

• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 淹yānto flood; to submerge; to drown
• 阉yānto castrate; a castrate; neuter
• 鹌ānused in 鹌鹑
• 庵ānhut; small temple; nunnery
• 唵ǎn(interjection) oh!; (dialect) to stuff sth in one's mouth…
• 崦yānname of a mountain in Gansu
• 罨yǎnfoment; valve

Characters that look like 俺

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

• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 悟wùto comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 侮wǔto insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
• 倦juàntired; weary; fatigued
• 淹yānto flood; to submerge; to drown
• 倏shūsudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù

Sounds the same

Read ǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 铵ammonium
• 唵(interjection) oh!; (dialect) to stuff sth in one's mouth…
• 垵(used in place names); variant of 埯
• 揞to apply (medicinal powder to a wound); to cover up; to conceal
• 埯hole in the ground to plant seeds in; to make a hole for seeds; to dibble