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揶

yé

Character

What 揶 means

1. to gesticulate
2. to play antics

Example sentences

• 露西被她的祖父母揶揄。
  Lùxī bèi tā de zǔfùmǔ yéyú.
  Lucy was bantered by her grandparents.

Words starting with 揶

• 揶揄yé yúto mock; to ridicule

Characters built on 耶

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

• 椰yē(bound form) coconut palm; Taiwan pr. yé
• 倻yēused to represent phonetic "ya" in Korean names

Characters that look like 揶

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

• 排páito arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel…
• 椰yē(bound form) coconut palm; Taiwan pr. yé
• 搀chānto take by the arm and assist; variant of 掺
• 梆bāngwatchman's rattle
• 郸dānused in place names 邯郸
• 捋lǚto smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers; to stroke

Sounds the same

Read yé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 爷grandpa; old gentleman
• 耶interrogative particle (classical)
• 铘used in 镆铘
• 捓old variant of 揶
• 擨old variant of 揶