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尔

ěr

HSK 4 Character Traditional 爾

What 尔 means

1. thus
2. so
3. like that
4. you
5. thou

Other readings

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

• ěrvariant of {尔|ěr}

Example sentences

• 我偶尔做。
  I seldom do that.
• 比尔在日本。
  Bill was in Japan.
• 他偶尔逃学。
  He is sometimes absent from school.
• 学维吾尔语。
  Learn Uyghur!
• 我是爱尔兰人。
  Wǒ shì ài'ěrlánrén.
  I'm Irish.
• 我想打高尔夫。
  Wǒ xiǎng dǎgāo'ěrfū.
  I would like to play golf.

Words starting with 尔

• 尔后ěr hòuhenceforth; thereafter; subsequently
• 尔等ěr děng(literary) you (plural)
• 尔雅Ěr yǎ"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with…
• 尔虞我诈ěr yú wǒ zhàlit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. each tries to outwit the other…
• 尔来ěr lái(literary) recently; lately; hitherto
• 尔格ěr géerg (physics) (loanword)
• 尔德Ěr déEid (Islam)

Words containing 尔

• 偶尔ǒu ěroccasionally; once in a while; sometimes
• 爱尔兰Ài ěr lánIreland
• 卡尔Kǎ ěr(name) Karl; Carl
• 尼泊尔Ní bó ěrNepal
• 诺贝尔Nuò bèi ěrNobel (Prize)
• 迈克尔Mài kè ěr(name) Michael
• 查尔斯Chá ěr sīCharles
• 高尔夫gāo ěr fū(loanword) golf
• 贝尔Bèi ěrBell (person name)
• 海尔Hǎi ěrHaier (PRC household appliance brand); Hale (name)
• 英特尔Yīng tè ěrIntel
• 诺贝尔奖Nuò bèi ěr JiǎngNobel Prize
• 华尔街Huá ěr JiēWall Street, New York; by extension, American big business
• 戴尔Dài ěrDell
• 切尔西Qiè ěr xī(name) Chelsea
• 墨尔本Mò ěr běnMelbourne, Australia
• 高尔夫球gāo ěr fū qiúgolf; golf ball
• 哈尔滨市Hā ěr bīn ShìHarbin, sub-provincial city and capital of Heilongjiang Province 黑龙江省
• 皮埃尔Pí āi ěr(name) Pierre
• 布鲁塞尔Bù lǔ sài ěrBrussels, capital of Belgium
• 维吾尔Wéi wú ěrUyghur ethnic group
• 艾森豪威尔Ài sēn háo wēi ěrDwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied…
• 黑格尔Hēi gé ěrGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German philosopher
• 蒙特利尔Méng tè lì ěrMontreal, city in Quebec, Canada

Characters that look like 尔

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

• 丝sīsilk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…
• 勿wùdo not
• 毋wú(literary) no; don't; to not have

Sounds the same

Read ěr, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 耳ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
• 饵pastry; food; to swallow
• 珥pearl or jade earring
• 迩recently; near; close
• 铒erbium (chemistry)
• 薾luxuriant growth of flower
• 駬(horse)
• 洱see 洱海
• 尓variant of 尔