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呃

è

Character

What 呃 means

1. (exclamation)
2. to hiccup

Example sentences

• 呃，我能待在这吗？
  Erm, may I stay here?
• 呃，比尔，我很高兴在这里见到你。
  è, Bǐ'ěr, wǒ hěn gāoxìng zài zhèlǐ jiàndào nǐ.
  Well, Bill, I am pleased to see you here.
• “汤姆，我得告诉你点事。我爱某个人。他的名字以T开头以M结尾。”“呃，那能是谁？我认识吗？
  "Tom, I have to tell you something. I love someone. His name starts with T and ends with M." "Er, who would that be? Is it someone I know?"
• “汤姆，我得告诉你点事。我爱某个人。他的名字以T开头以M结尾。”“呃，那能是谁？我认识吗？”
  "Tāngmǔ, wǒ de gàosu nǐ diǎn shì. wǒ ài mǒu gèrén. tā de míngzi yǐ T kāitóu yǐ M jiéwěi.""è, nà néng shì shéi? wǒ rènshi ma?"
  "Tom, I have to tell you something. I love someone. His name starts with T and ends with M." "Er, who would that be? Is it someone I know?"

Words starting with 呃

• 呃逆è nìto hiccup; to belch

Words containing 呃

• 打呃dǎ èto hiccup

Characters built on 厄

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

• 扼èto grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard
• 轭èyoke

Characters that look like 呃

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

• 呢ne(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context…
• 帐zhàng(bound form) curtain; tent; canopy; variant of 账
• 吨dūnton (loanword); Taiwan pr. dùn
• 咙lóngused in 喉咙
• 呒fǔperplexed; astonished

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
• 厄distressed
• 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