爾 (ji5 | er3) : thou; you; that; so; like that; just that

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爾

ji5

er3

[1] [pron] thou; you; that
[2] [adv] so; like that; just that
[3] suffix after adjective or adverb

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 4

Radical: 爻 (#89)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

爾 / 尔

This word has been viewed 18101 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Dec 2013 05:03

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比爾 bei2 ji5 bi3 er3 = Bill (Name) 國

威爾斯 wai1 ji5 si1 = Wales

北愛爾蘭 bak1 oi3 ji5 laan4 = Northern Ireland

高爾夫球 gou1 ji5 fu1 kau4 gao1 er3 fu1 qiu2 = golf; golf ball

蒙特利爾 mung4 dak6 lei6 ji5 meng2 te4 li4 er3 = Montreal

偶爾 ngau5 ji5 ou3 er3 = now and then; occasionally

薩爾瓦多 saat3 ji5 ngaa5 do1 sa4 er3 wa3 duo1 = El Salvador

愛爾蘭 oi3 ji5 laan4 ai4 er3 lan2 = Ireland

尼泊爾 nei4 bok6 ji5 ni2 bo2 er3 = Nepal

新奧爾良 san1 ou3 ji5 loeng4 xin1 ao4 er3 liang2 = New Orleans
See all 169 compounds (CantoDict reports 177 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 爾

你別這麼出爾反爾嘛﹗剛纔說要去﹐現在說不要了 — 你到底去不去啊﹖ 國
Stop changing your mind! A while ago, you said you wanted to go, but now you say you don't want to--are you really going or aren't you?

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 爾
Unicode code for this character: U+723e (off-site link)

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