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Meaning of 尔
Pinyin
ěr
Radical
小
Strokes
5
Definition
thus / so / like that / you / thou
Usage
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尔 (ěr)
1. 你，你的: you, your.
- ～父: your father.
- ～辈: your generation.
- ～汝: you and I (intimate relationship).
- ～曹: you people.
- ～虞我诈: you deceive me.
2. 如此: such, like this.
- 偶～: just so.
- 不过～～: but (after) all.
3. 那，其（指时间）: that, indicating time.
- ～时: at that time.
- ～后: after that.
4. 而已，罢了 (亦作“耳”): that’s all, just.
- "布衣之怒，亦免冠徒跣，以头抢地～": The anger of a commoner, going barefoot, banging his head on the ground, and that’s it.
5. 词尾，相当于“地”、“然”: a suffix equivalent to "ly", "then".
- 卓～: excellently.
- 率～: easily.
尔 (ěr) [形]
【本义】: 窗格花纹: original meaning: window lattice pattern.
【造字法】: 形声: formed phonetically.
1. 同本义 ([En.] figure; decorative pattern).
2. 后引作薾。华盛的样子 ([En.] luxuriant).
3. 近。通“迩” ([En.] near).
4. 浅近 ([En.] shallow).
尔 (ěr) [代]
1. 第二人称代词 ([En.] you).
2. 你 ([En.] you).
3. 您;你们——通常放在关系词“所”之前: you; you all - usually precedes the relative word "所".
4. 那 ([En.] that).
5. 这个;此 ([En.] this).
6. 如此;这样 ([En.] like this; thus).
尔 (ěr) [助]
1. 形容词、副词的词尾，相当于“然”: suffix for adjectives/adverbs, equivalent to "then".
2. 相当于“了”: equivalent to "了".
3. 应诺声。相当于“是” ([En.] yes).
4. 通“耳”，表示限止用在句末，可译为“而己”“罢了”: commonly means "to limit" at the end of a sentence, can be translated as "that is all" or "just".
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Input Method for 尔
Pinyin
er3
Wubi
qiu
Cangjie
nf
Zhengma
rko
Four Corner
27902
Unicode
U+5c14
Stroke Number Category
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