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厄

è

Character

What 厄 means

1. distressed

Other readings

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

• èvariant of {厄|è}

Example sentences

• 我不相信黑猫与厄运有关系。
  I don't believe that black cats cause bad luck.
• 格雷厄姆格林是我最喜欢的作家。
  Géléi è mǔ Gélín shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de zuòjiā.
  Graham Greene is my favorite author.
• 格雷厄姆葛林是我最喜欢的作家之一。
  Géléi è mǔ gé lín shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de zuòjiā zhīyī.
  Graham Greene is a favorite author of mine.
• 梅苏特·厄齐尔是世界上最好的中场之一。
  Méi sū tè · è qí ěr shì shìjiè shàng zuì hǎo de zhōngchǎng zhīyī.
  Mesut Ozil is one of the best midfielders in the world.
• 他们向西北方向进军，进入了谢南多厄河谷。
  They marched northwest into the Shenandoah Valley.
• 我的西班牙语词典说不要在厄瓜多尔用“desgraciado”这个词。
  My Spanish dictionary says not to use the word "desgraciado" in Ecuador.

Words starting with 厄

• 厄运è yùnbad luck; misfortune; adversity
• 厄境è jìngdifficult situation
• 厄洛斯È luò sīEros (Cupid)
• 厄瓜多È guā duōEcuador (Tw)
• 厄勒布鲁È lè bù lǔÖrebro (city in Sweden)
• 厄尔尼诺è ěr ní nuò(meteorology) El Niño
• 厄瓜多尔È guā duō ěrEcuador
• 厄尔布鲁士È ěr bù lǔ shì(Mount) Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus mountains, southwest Russia
• 厄立特里亚È lì tè lǐ yàEritrea
• 厄尔尼诺现象è ěr ní nuò xiàn xiàngEl Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean
• 厄利垂亚È lì chuí yàEritrea (Tw)
• 厄娃È wáEve, the first woman (transcription used in Catholic versions of the Bible)…
• 厄勒海峡È lè Hǎi xiáØresund; The Sound (strait between Denmark and Sweden)
• 厄什塔È shén tǎØrsta (city in Norway)

Words containing 厄

• 困厄kùn èin deep water; difficult situation
• 灾厄zāi èadversity; catastrophe; disaster
• 解厄jiě è(literary) to save from a calamity
• 尼厄丽德Ní è lì déNereids (Greek sea nymphs, fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris); Nereid, moon of Neptune
• 卡尔斯鲁厄Kǎ ěr sī lǔ èKarlsruhe (city in Germany)
• 弗莱威厄斯Fú lái wēi è sīFlavius (Roman historian of 1st century AD)
• 莱旺厄尔Lái wàng è ěrLevanger (city in Trøndelag, Norway)
• 基拉韦厄Jī lā wéi èKilauea, Hawaii, the world's most active volcano
• 约翰·厄普代克Yuē hàn · È pǔ dài kèJohn Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner

Characters that look like 厄

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

• 尼níBuddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
• 毛máohair; feather; down
• 兄xiōngelder brother
• 凤fèngphoenix
• 甩shuǎito throw; to fling; to swing
• 尻kāo(literary) buttocks; rump; coccyx; sacrum

Sounds the same

Read è, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饿hungry; to starve (sb)
• 恶evil; fierce; vicious
• 遏to restrain; to check; to hold back
• 呃(exclamation); to hiccup
• 萼calyx of a flower
• 锷blade edge; sharp
• 鳄(bound form) alligator; crocodile
• 愕startled
• 噩startling
• 扼to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard
• 颚jaw; palate
• 轭yoke