"尔" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Mandarin ěr
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Pinyin er3
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 ěr thus / so / like that / you / thou
Results beginning with 尔
 ěr hòu henceforth / thereafter / subsequently
 Er3 dé Eid (Islam)
 ěr gé erg (physics) (loanword)
 Er3 yǎ "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
 ěr lái recently / until now / up to the present / lately / also written 邇來|迩来
 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
 ǒu ěr occasionally / once in a while / sometimes
 Hǎi ěr Haier (PRC household appliance brand) / Hale (name)
 Dài ěr Dell
 Bǐ ěr Bill (name)
 Bèi ěr Bell (person name)
 Xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs
 mó ěr mole (chemistry)
 Kē ěr Kohl (name) / Helmut Kohl (1930-2017), German CDU politician, Chancellor 1982-1998
 bù ěr Boole (surname) / (math.) Boolean
 āi ěr Eir
 Sà ěr Saarland
 Gē ěr Gore (name) / Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate
 wǎn ěr (literary) to smile
 Huò ěr Hall (name)
 Shǒu ěr Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2])
 Jī ěr Kiel (German city)
 tǎ ěr Thal,
 Hè ěr Hull (name) / Kingston upon Hull
 Suǒ ěr Thor (Norse god of thunder)
 Lǐ ěr Lille (city in France)
 Kù ěr Chur (city in Switzerland)
 Pí ěr Pierre, capital of South Dakota
 Duō ěr Dole (name) / Bob Dole (1923-2021), US Republican politician, Kansas senator 1969-1996
 ruì ěr riel (Cambodian currency)
 Fú ěr Félix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899
 Bǎo ěr Paul (name)
 Wū ěr Ur (Sumerian city c. 4500 BC in modern Iraq)
 Gài ěr Gaelic / Geier or Gayer (name)
 Lǔ ěr Ruhrgebiet or Ruhr region, Germany
 nǎi ěr thus / like this
 Sū ěr Sol (goddess)
 Bā ěr Baltic
 Bāo ěr Borr (Norse deity)
 é ěr see 俄而[e2 er2]
 Gá ěr Gar county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sgar rdzong
 jù ěr (archaic) brother
 Kǎ ěr Karl (name)
 Tài ěr Tyre (city in Lebanon)
 Tí ěr Tyre (Lebanon)
 Tú ěr Tours (city in France)
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 Hā ěr bīn Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
 Yīng tè ěr Intel
 gāo ěr fū golf (loanword)
西 Qiè ěr xī Chelsea
 Mài kè ěr Michael (name)
 Aì ěr lán Ireland
 Wò ěr mǎ Wal-Mart, Walmart (retailer)
 Huá ěr Jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business
 Nuò bèi ěr Nobel (Prize)
 Chá ěr sī Charles
 Ní bó ěr Nepal
 hé ěr méng hormone (loanword) / see 激素[ji1 su4]
 Xī ěr dùn Hilton (hotel chain)
 Mò ěr běn Melbourne, Australia
 Kǎ tǎ ěr Qatar
 Bào wēi ěr Powell (name)
 Wò ěr wò Volvo (Swedish car company)
 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
 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]
 ā ěr fǎ alpha (Greek letter Αα)
 Wēi ěr shì Wales, constituent nation of UK
 Bó ěr dùn Bolton (name)
 Wò ěr fū Wolf, Woolf (name)
 Hēi gé ěr Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German philosopher
 huá ěr zī waltz (dance) (loanword)
 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
 Dá kā ěr Dakar, capital of Senegal
 Bō ěr duō Bordeaux
 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]
 Kā bù ěr Kabul, capital of Afghanistan
 Kè lái ěr Claire (name)
 Nà dá ěr Nadal (name) / Rafael Nadal (1986-), Spanish tennis player
 Lā ěr fū Ralph (name)
 Tài gē ěr Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer
 Gāo ěr jī Gorkii (name) / Maxim Gorkii (1868-1936), Russian proletarian writer and propagandist
 Kù ěr dé Kurd / Kurdish
 Mò kè ěr Angela Merkel (1954-), German CDU politician, chancellor from 2005
 Bā sāi ěr Basel, Switzerland
 Wéi wú ěr Uighur ethnic group of Xinjiang
 Lā fěi ěr Raphael
 Bā ěr gān Balkan
 léi yà ěr real (Brazilian currency) (loanword)
 Xiè ěr gài Sergei (name)
 bèi ěr jīn Belkin
 Aò mǎ ěr Omar (Arabic name)
 Pà mǐ ěr Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan
 Sāi miù ěr Samuel (name)
 Sāi mú ěr Samuel (name)
 En1 gé ěr Engel (name) / Ernst Engel (1821-1896), German statistician
 Sā qiē ěr Thatcher (name) / Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990
 Sà dé ěr Sadr (name) / Moqtada Sadr (c. 1973-), Iraqi Shia clergyman and militia leader
 Mǐ ěr dùn Milton (name) / John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost
 Wǎ ěr tè Walter
 Wǎ ěr dé Vardø / (city in Finnmark, Norway)
 Tǎ ěr sì Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai
 Fán ěr sài Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful
 Méng dài ěr Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996
 xí ěr wǎ Silva
 Hè ěr màn Herman or Hermann (name)
 Zhǔn gá ěr Dzungar, Junggar or Dsungharian basin in Xinjiang
 Mó sū ěr Mosul (Iraqi city)
 Fú ěr tài Voltaire (1694-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
 Chá hā ěr Chahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)
 Bó ěr ní Bern, capital of Switzerland
 Ní rì ěr Niger (African state) / Niger River, West Africa
 Jiā suǒ ěr Gasol (name) / Pau Gasol (1980-), Spanish professional basketball player (NBA) / Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player (NBA)
 A1 ěr tài Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk
 bō ěr kǎ polka (dance) (loanword)
 Gé sà ěr King Gesar, hero of a Tibetan and Mongolian epic cycle
 Wū lā ěr the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia
 Bèi kè ěr Baker or Becker (name)
 Kāng nài ěr Cornell (US University)
 Qiū jí ěr Winston Churchill (1874-1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955 / surname Churchill
 Dí kǎ ěr René / Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher
 Tài mǐ ěr Tamil
 kǎ tè ěr cartel (loanword)
 Kǎ ěr wén Calvin (name)
 Sài ěr dá Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game)
 ān jí ěr angel (loanword)
 fú ěr jiā Volga
 Tuō ěr jīn J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒
 Kǎ ěr dùn Carleton
 Fēi shě ěr Fisher (name)
 dì nà ěr dinar (currency) (loanword)
 A1 lā ěr Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
 Yǎ ěr tǎ Yalta
 An1 dào ěr Andorra
 Fēi ěr tè Fürth (city in Germany)
 kù ěr gān Kurgan
 tè lǐ ěr Trier (city in Germany)
 Aò ěr liáng Orléans
 Sài shé ěr the Seychelles
 zhā yī ěr Zaire
 Sà ěr dá Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game) (Tw, HK, Macau)
 Sū měi ěr Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East
 Mò ěr sī Morse (name)
 Mǎ ěr tā Malta (Tw)
 Bā xī ěr Bashir (name) / Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (1944-), Sudanese military man and politician, president of Sudan 1993-2019
 Dào ěr dùn Dalton (name) / John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory
 Nà sài ěr Nasr or Nasser (Arab name) / Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), Egyptian President
 Guā dá ěr Gwadar, free trade port city in Pakistani province of Baluchistan
 Yī gē ěr Igor
 Zhǔn gé ěr Jungar banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia
 Màn sū ěr Al-Mansur / Abu Jafar al Mansur (712-775), second Abassid caliph
 Mó ěr gēn Morgan (name)
 Pí ěr sēn Pearson (family name as well as various places)
 Bó ěr dé Boulder, Colorado
 Lā wǎ ěr Laval (name)
 jí ěr dá gelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon
 Mǎ ěr mò Malmo (Malmo city, of Sweden)
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