"尔" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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尔
Trad. 爾
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 小
Strokes 3
Composition
Strokes 5
Structure
Decomp. ク小
Prononciation
Mandarin ěr
Entry Methods
Pinyin er3
Kanji /
Cangjie
 NF
弓火
Sijiao 279.0
Wubi QIU
CNS 11643 3-223F
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+5C14
GB2312 B6FB
尔 ěr thus / so / like that / you / thou
Results beginning with 尔
尔后 ěr hòu henceforth / thereafter / subsequently
尔德 Er3 dé Eid (Islam)
尔格 ěr gé erg (physics) (loanword)
尔雅 Er3 yǎ "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
尔来 ěr lái recently / until now / up to the present / lately / also written 邇來|迩来
尔虞我诈 ěr yú wǒ zhà lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom) / fig. each tries to outwit the other / deceit and treachery
Approximate Results for 尔
偶尔 ǒu ěr occasionally / once in a while / sometimes
海尔 Hǎi ěr Haier (PRC household appliance brand) / Hale (name)
戴尔 Dài ěr Dell
比尔 Bǐ ěr Bill (name)
贝尔 Bèi ěr Bell (person name)
希尔 Xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs
摩尔 mó ěr mole (chemistry)
科尔 Kē ěr Kohl (name) / Helmut Kohl (1930-2017), German CDU politician, Chancellor 1982-1998
布尔 bù ěr Boole (surname) / (math.) Boolean
埃尔 āi ěr Eir
萨尔 Sà ěr Saarland
戈尔 Gē ěr Gore (name) / Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate
莞尔 wǎn ěr (literary) to smile
霍尔 Huò ěr Hall (name)
首尔 Shǒu ěr Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2])
基尔 Jī ěr Kiel (German city)
塔尔 tǎ ěr Thal,
赫尔 Hè ěr Hull (name) / Kingston upon Hull
索尔 Suǒ ěr Thor (Norse god of thunder)
里尔 Lǐ ěr Lille (city in France)
库尔 Kù ěr Chur (city in Switzerland)
皮尔 Pí ěr Pierre, capital of South Dakota
多尔 Duō ěr Dole (name) / Bob Dole (1923-2021), US Republican politician, Kansas senator 1969-1996
瑞尔 ruì ěr riel (Cambodian currency)
福尔 Fú ěr Félix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899
保尔 Bǎo ěr Paul (name)
乌尔 Wū ěr Ur (Sumerian city c. 4500 BC in modern Iraq)
盖尔 Gài ěr Gaelic / Geier or Gayer (name)
鲁尔 Lǔ ěr Ruhrgebiet or Ruhr region, Germany
乃尔 nǎi ěr thus / like this
苏尔 Sū ěr Sol (goddess)
巴尔 Bā ěr Baltic
包尔 Bāo ěr Borr (Norse deity)
俄尔 é ěr see 俄而[e2 er2]
噶尔 Gá ěr Gar county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sgar rdzong
具尔 jù ěr (archaic) brother
卡尔 Kǎ ěr Karl (name)
泰尔 Tài ěr Tyre (city in Lebanon)
提尔 Tí ěr Tyre (Lebanon)
图尔 Tú ěr Tours (city in France)
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哈尔滨 Hā ěr bīn Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
英特尔 Yīng tè ěr Intel
高尔夫 gāo ěr fū golf (loanword)
切尔西 Qiè ěr xī Chelsea
迈克尔 Mài kè ěr Michael (name)
爱尔兰 Aì ěr lán Ireland
沃尔玛 Wò ěr mǎ Wal-Mart, Walmart (retailer)
华尔街 Huá ěr Jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business
诺贝尔 Nuò bèi ěr Nobel (Prize)
查尔斯 Chá ěr sī Charles
尼泊尔 Ní bó ěr Nepal
荷尔蒙 hé ěr méng hormone (loanword) / see 激素[ji1 su4]
希尔顿 Xī ěr dùn Hilton (hotel chain)
墨尔本 Mò ěr běn Melbourne, Australia
卡塔尔 Kǎ tǎ ěr Qatar
鲍威尔 Bào wēi ěr Powell (name)
沃尔沃 Wò ěr wò Volvo (Swedish car company)
米歇尔 Mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009
达尔文 Dá ěr wén Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist and author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu3 zhong3 Qi3 yuan2] / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia) 北領地|北领地[Bei3 Ling3 di4]
阿尔法 ā ěr fǎ alpha (Greek letter Αα)
威尔士 Wēi ěr shì Wales, constituent nation of UK
博尔顿 Bó ěr dùn Bolton (name)
沃尔夫 Wò ěr fū Wolf, Woolf (name)
黑格尔 Hēi gé ěr Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German philosopher
华尔兹 huá ěr zī waltz (dance) (loanword)
马歇尔 Mǎ xiē ěr Marshall (name) / George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of State 1947-1949, author of the postwar Marshall plan for Europe and Nobel peace laureate
达喀尔 Dá kā ěr Dakar, capital of Senegal
波尔多 Bō ěr duō Bordeaux
多尔衮 Duō ěr gǔn Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], successful general, instrumental in Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his nephew Emperor Shunzhi 順治帝|顺治帝[Shun4 zhi4 di4]
喀布尔 Kā bù ěr Kabul, capital of Afghanistan
克莱尔 Kè lái ěr Claire (name)
纳达尔 Nà dá ěr Nadal (name) / Rafael Nadal (1986-), Spanish tennis player
拉尔夫 Lā ěr fū Ralph (name)
泰戈尔 Tài gē ěr Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer
高尔基 Gāo ěr jī Gorkii (name) / Maxim Gorkii (1868-1936), Russian proletarian writer and propagandist
库尔德 Kù ěr dé Kurd / Kurdish
默克尔 Mò kè ěr Angela Merkel (1954-), German CDU politician, chancellor from 2005
巴塞尔 Bā sāi ěr Basel, Switzerland
维吾尔 Wéi wú ěr Uighur ethnic group of Xinjiang
拉斐尔 Lā fěi ěr Raphael
巴尔干 Bā ěr gān Balkan
雷亚尔 léi yà ěr real (Brazilian currency) (loanword)
谢尔盖 Xiè ěr gài Sergei (name)
贝尔金 bèi ěr jīn Belkin
奥马尔 Aò mǎ ěr Omar (Arabic name)
帕米尔 Pà mǐ ěr Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan
塞缪尔 Sāi miù ěr Samuel (name)
塞缪尔 Sāi mú ěr Samuel (name)
恩格尔 En1 gé ěr Engel (name) / Ernst Engel (1821-1896), German statistician
撒切尔 Sā qiē ěr Thatcher (name) / Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990
萨德尔 Sà dé ěr Sadr (name) / Moqtada Sadr (c. 1973-), Iraqi Shia clergyman and militia leader
米尔顿 Mǐ ěr dùn Milton (name) / John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost
瓦尔特 Wǎ ěr tè Walter
瓦尔德 Wǎ ěr dé Vardø / (city in Finnmark, Norway)
塔尔寺 Tǎ ěr sì Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai
凡尔赛 Fán ěr sài Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful
蒙代尔 Méng dài ěr Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996
席尔瓦 xí ěr wǎ Silva
赫尔曼 Hè ěr màn Herman or Hermann (name)
准噶尔 Zhǔn gá ěr Dzungar, Junggar or Dsungharian basin in Xinjiang
摩苏尔 Mó sū ěr Mosul (Iraqi city)
伏尔泰 Fú ěr tài Voltaire (1694-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
察哈尔 Chá hā ěr Chahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)
伯尔尼 Bó ěr ní Bern, capital of Switzerland
尼日尔 Ní rì ěr Niger (African state) / Niger River, West Africa
加索尔 Jiā suǒ ěr Gasol (name) / Pau Gasol (1980-), Spanish professional basketball player (NBA) / Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player (NBA)
阿尔泰 A1 ěr tài Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk
波尔卡 bō ěr kǎ polka (dance) (loanword)
格萨尔 Gé sà ěr King Gesar, hero of a Tibetan and Mongolian epic cycle
乌拉尔 Wū lā ěr the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia
贝克尔 Bèi kè ěr Baker or Becker (name)
康奈尔 Kāng nài ěr Cornell (US University)
邱吉尔 Qiū jí ěr Winston Churchill (1874-1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955 / surname Churchill
笛卡尔 Dí kǎ ěr René / Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher
泰米尔 Tài mǐ ěr Tamil
卡特尔 kǎ tè ěr cartel (loanword)
卡尔文 Kǎ ěr wén Calvin (name)
塞尔达 Sài ěr dá Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game)
安吉尔 ān jí ěr angel (loanword)
伏尔加 fú ěr jiā Volga
托尔金 Tuō ěr jīn J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒
卡尔顿 Kǎ ěr dùn Carleton
菲舍尔 Fēi shě ěr Fisher (name)
第纳尔 dì nà ěr dinar (currency) (loanword)
阿拉尔 A1 lā ěr Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
雅尔塔 Yǎ ěr tǎ Yalta
安道尔 An1 dào ěr Andorra
菲尔特 Fēi ěr tè Fürth (city in Germany)
库尔干 kù ěr gān Kurgan
特里尔 tè lǐ ěr Trier (city in Germany)
奥尔良 Aò ěr liáng Orléans
塞舌尔 Sài shé ěr the Seychelles
扎伊尔 zhā yī ěr Zaire
萨尔达 Sà ěr dá Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game) (Tw, HK, Macau)
苏美尔 Sū měi ěr Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East
莫尔斯 Mò ěr sī Morse (name)
马尔他 Mǎ ěr tā Malta (Tw)
巴希尔 Bā xī ěr Bashir (name) / Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (1944-), Sudanese military man and politician, president of Sudan 1993-2019
道尔顿 Dào ěr dùn Dalton (name) / John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory
纳赛尔 Nà sài ěr Nasr or Nasser (Arab name) / Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), Egyptian President
瓜达尔 Guā dá ěr Gwadar, free trade port city in Pakistani province of Baluchistan
伊戈尔 Yī gē ěr Igor
准格尔 Zhǔn gé ěr Jungar banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia
曼苏尔 Màn sū ěr Al-Mansur / Abu Jafar al Mansur (712-775), second Abassid caliph
摩尔根 Mó ěr gēn Morgan (name)
皮尔森 Pí ěr sēn Pearson (family name as well as various places)
博尔德 Bó ěr dé Boulder, Colorado
拉瓦尔 Lā wǎ ěr Laval (name)
吉尔达 jí ěr dá gelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon
马尔默 Mǎ ěr mò Malmo (Malmo city, of Sweden)
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