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爾

ěr

you; that, those; final particle

Strokes
14
Radical
爻
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 尔

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 尔, the simplified form of 爾. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我叫基里尔,你好!

    Wǒ jiào jī Lǐ ěr nǐ hǎo

    My name's Cyril; pleased to meet you!

  • 比尔给我带来了这本书。

    Bǐ ěr gěi wǒ dài lái le zhè běn shū

    Bill brought me this book.

  • 比尔很少准时来。

    Bǐ ěr hěn shǎo zhǔn shí lái

    Bill is seldom ever on time.

  • 比尔下周会回来。

    Bǐ ěr xià zhōu huì huí lai

    Bill will return next week.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 尔

  • 偶尔ǒu ěr 3–3 → 2–3occasionally; once in a while; sometimes
  • 高尔夫球gāo ěr fū qiú 1–3–1–2golf; golf ball