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鳄

è

Character Traditional 鱷

What 鳄 means

1. bound formalligator; crocodile

Other readings

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

• èvariant of {鳄|è}

Example sentences

• 蛇吃掉了鳄鱼。
  The snake ate the crocodile.
• 他的腿被鳄鱼咬了。
  Tā de tuǐ bèi èyú yǎo le.
  His leg was bitten by a crocodile.
• 鳄鱼有尖利的牙齿。
  èyú yǒu jiānlì de yáchǐ.
  Crocodiles have sharp teeth.
• 木头或许能在水里呆上十年，但它终究不可能变成一条鳄鱼。
  Mùtou huòxǔ néng zài Shuǐlǐ dāi shàng shí nián, dàn tā zhōngjiū bù kěnéng biànchéng yī tiáo èyú.
  Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.

Words starting with 鳄

• 鳄鱼è yúalligator; crocodile
• 鳄梨è líavocado (Persea americana)
• 鳄龙è lóngChampsosaurus
• 鳄龟è guīsnapping turtle
• 鳄梨酱è lí jiàngguacamole
• 鳄鱼夹è yú jiācrocodile clip; spring clip
• 鳄鱼眼泪è yú yǎn lèicrocodile tears
• 鳄蜥è xīChinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)

Words containing 鳄

• 大鳄dà èlit. big crocodile; fig. major figure; big shot
• 凯门鳄kǎi mén è(zoology) caiman
• 扬子鳄yáng zǐ èChinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
• 短吻鳄duǎn wěn èalligator

Characters built on 咢

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

• 鄂Èsurname E; short name for Hubei 湖北
• 颚èjaw; palate
• 愕èstartled
• 腭èpalate; roof of the mouth
• 谔èhonest speech
• 萼ècalyx of a flower
• 鹗è(bird species of China) osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
• 锷èblade edge; sharp

Characters that look like 鳄

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

• 辨biànto distinguish; to recognize
• 螺luóspiral shell; snail; conch
• 辫biàna braid or queue; to plait
• 鳏guānwidower
• 蟀shuàiused in 蟋蟀
• 鲱fēiPacific herring

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
• 呃(exclamation); to hiccup
• 萼calyx of a flower
• 锷blade edge; sharp
• 愕startled
• 噩startling
• 扼to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard
• 颚jaw; palate
• 轭yoke