耶 (je4 | ye2 ye1 ) : final particle for a question

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耶

je4

ye2 ye1

[粵] je4 [國] ye2
[classical] final particle for a question

[粵] je4 [國] ye1
transliteration of English names

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 耳 (#128)

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

耶

This word has been viewed 5573 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Nov 2009 01:20

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耶魯 je4 lou5 ye2 lu3 = Yale (University)

耶穌 je4 sou1 ye1 su1 = Jesus

耶穌誕 je4 sou1 daan3 ye2 su1 dan4 = Christmas

耶穌誕生 je4 sou1 daan3 saang1 ye1 su1 dan4 sheng1 = Nativity

耶穌受難日 je4 sou1 sau6 naan6 jat6 ye1 su1 shou4 nan2 ri4 = Good Friday, Holy Friday, Great Friday, Black Friday

講耶穌 gong2 je4 sou1 jiang3 ye1 su1 = to preach or lecture (lit., "speak of Jesus") 粵

耶魯大學 je4 lou5 daai6 hok6 ye1 lu3 da4 xue2 = Yale University (Connecticut, USA)

耶魯拼音 je4 lou5 ping3 jam1 ye1 lu3 pin1 yin1 = Yale romanization

耶魯粵語拼音 je4 lou5 jyut6 jyu5 ping3 jam1 ye1 lu3 yue4 yu3 pin1 yin1 = Cantonese Yale romanization

有耶 jau5 je4 you3 ye1 = oh! ya, oh-ya!
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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: 耶
Unicode code for this character: U+8036 (off-site link)

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