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鹅

é

Character Traditional 鵝 Measure word 只

What 鹅 means

1. goose

Other readings

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

• évariant of {鹅|é}
• évariant of {鹅|é}

Example sentences

• 我喜欢企鹅。
  I like penguins.
• 鹅是一种水鸟。
  The goose is a waterfowl.
• 这只天鹅是黑色的。
  Zhè zhǐ tiān'é shì hēisè de.
  This swan is black.
• 她捡起了一块鹅卵石。
  Tā jiǎn qǐ le yīkuài éluǎnshí.
  She stooped to pick up a pebble.
• 瞄准麻雀, 击中鹅。
  Miáozhǔn máquè, jīzhòng é.
  I aimed at a sparrow, but shot down a goose.
• 这只企鹅宝宝太可爱了！
  Zhè zhǐ qǐ'é bǎobǎo tài kě'ài le!
  This baby penguin is too cute!

Words starting with 鹅

• 鹅卵石é luǎn shípebble; cobblestone
• 鹅毛é máogoose feather
• 鹅掌é zhǎnggoose foot
• 鹅肝é gānfoie gras
• 鹅毛笔é máo bǐquill pen
• 鹅毛大雪é máo dà xuěgoose feather snow (idiom); big heavy snow fall
• 鹅绒é rónggoose down
• 鹅莓é méigooseberry
• 鹅喉羚é hóu línggoitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa)
• 鹅銮鼻É luán bíCape Eluanpi or Eluanbi, southernmost point of Taiwan Island
• 鹅膏蕈é gāo xùnAmanita (genus of deadly mushrooms)
• 鹅膏蕈素é gāo xùn sùamanitin
• 鹅掌楸é zhǎng qiūChinese tulip tree; Liriodendron chinense

Words containing 鹅

• 天鹅tiān éswan
• 企鹅qǐ épenguin
• 天鹅绒tiān é róngvelvet; swan's down
• 天鹅湖Tiān é HúSwan Lake
• 小鹅xiǎo égosling
• 然鹅rán é(Internet slang for 然而
• 大天鹅dà tiān é(bird species of China) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
• 天鹅座Tiān é zuòCygnus (constellation)
• 小天鹅xiǎo tiān é(bird species of China) tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus)
• 帝企鹅dì qǐ éemperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
• 黑天鹅hēi tiān éblack swan
• 帝王企鹅dì wáng qǐ éemperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
• 黑天鹅事件hēi tiān é shì jiànblack swan event
• 塘鹅táng épelican (Morus bassanus); gannet; booby
• 疣鼻天鹅yóu bí tiān é(bird species of China) mute swan (Cygnus olor)
• 千里鹅毛qiān lǐ é máogoose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it…
• 千里寄鹅毛qiān lǐ jì é máogoose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind…
• 千里送鹅毛qiān lǐ sòng é máogoose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
• 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròulit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom); fig. to try to punch above one's weight
• 千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhònggoose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom)…
• 千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhònggoose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it…
• 礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng , qiān lǐ sòng é máogoose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom)…

Characters built on 我

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

• 俄ésuddenly; very soon
• 哦éto chant
• 饿èhungry; to starve (sb)
• 蛾é(bound form) moth
• 娥égood; beautiful
• 峨élofty; name of a mountain
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 锇éosmium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 鹅

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

• 酮tóngketone
• 矫jiáoused in 矫情
• 鹏PéngPeng, large fabulous bird; roc
• 颊jiácheeks
• 眶kuàng(bound form) eye socket; Taiwan pr. kuāng
• 鹌ānused in 鹌鹑

Sounds the same

Read é, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哦to chant
• 额forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 俄suddenly; very soon
• 娥good; beautiful
• 讹error; false; to extort
• 峨lofty; name of a mountain
• 蛾(bound form) moth
• 莪zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 囮decoy
• 蚵(Taiwan) oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô])
• 锇osmium (chemistry)
• 涐old name for the Dadu River 大渡河