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洱

ěr

Character

What 洱 means

1. see {洱海|Ěr hǎi}

Words starting with 洱

• 洱海Ěr hǎiErhai Lake
• 洱源县Ěr yuán XiànEryuan, a county in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州
• 洱源Ěr yuánsee 洱源县

Words containing 洱

• 普洱茶Pǔ ěr cháPu'er tea, a type of black tea produced in the Pu'er region of southwestern Yunnan
• 普洱市Pǔ ěr ShìPu'er, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 云南省
• 宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县Níng ěr Hā ní zú Yí zú Zì zhì xiànNing'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市
• 宁洱Níng ěrsee 宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县
• 普洱Pǔ ěrsee 普洱市; see 普洱茶
• 宁洱县Níng ěr Xiànsee 宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县

Characters built on 耳

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

• 珥ěrpearl or jade earring
• 饵ěrpastry; food; to swallow
• 佴èrassistant
• 铒ěrerbium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 洱

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

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 派pài(literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction…
• 洋yángocean; vast; foreign
• 津jīnsaliva; sweat; a ferry crossing
• 涛tāobig wave; Taiwan pr. táo
• 浑húnmuddy; turbid; brainless; foolish; (bound form) simple; natural

Sounds the same

Read ěr, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 尔thus; so; like that
• 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)
• 尓variant of 尔