尔 (ěr): thus, so, like that
尔 (ěr) is a Chinese character meaning “thus.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺈ (structural) and 小 (structural). It ranks #220 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- thus
- so
- like that
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 尔
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比尔proper-noun | bǐ ěr | Bill (name) |
| 福尔摩斯proper-noun | fú ěr mó sī | Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯 |
| 卡尔proper-noun | kǎ ěr | (name) Karl |
| 克莱尔proper-noun | kè lái ěr | Claire (name) |
| 爱尔兰proper-noun | ài ěr lán | Ireland |
| 迈克尔proper-noun | mài kè ěr | (name) Michael |
| 查尔斯proper-noun | chá ěr sī | Charles |
| 高尔夫noun | gāo ěr fū | (loanword) golf |
| 丹尼尔proper-noun | dān ní ěr | Daniel (name) |
| 赫尔proper-noun | hè ěr | Hull (name) |
| 马歇尔proper-noun | mǎ xiē ěr | Marshall (name) |
| 米歇尔proper-noun | mǐ xiē ěr | Michel or Mitchell (name) |
| 戴尔 | dài ěr | Dell |
| 高尔夫球 | gāo ěr fū qiú | golf |
| 华尔兹noun | huá ěr zī | (loanword) waltz (dance) |
尔 appears in 116 compound words: 5 as the first character, 59 as the last, and 36 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 尔 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (76)
Albany (a city, the state capital of New York, United States); a transliteration of the English surname Albany
Albany (a city, the state capital of New York, United States); a transliteration of the English surname Albany
Showing 12 of 76 idioms containing 尔.
Example Sentences
尔字由5笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
ěr zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "尔" consists of five strokes and has a very clever structure.
2026年米兰-科尔蒂纳冬奥会闭幕式正式开始
2 0 2 6 nián mǐ lán kē ěr dì nà dōng ào huì bì mù shì zhèng shì kāi shǐ
The closing ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics has officially begun
冬奥/男子4人雪车洛赫纳再登顶 马尔吉斯创5金纪录
dōng ào nán zǐ 4 rén xuě chē 洛 hè nà zài dēng dǐng mǎ ěr jí sī chuàng 5 jīn jì lù
Winter Olympics/Men's 4-man bobsleigh, Lochner reached the top again, and Margis set a 5-gold record
利弗莫尔中概股龙头指数收涨0.94% 网易有道涨...
lì 弗 mò ěr zhōng gài gǔ lóng tóu zhǐ shǔ shōu zhǎng 0 . 9 4 wǎng yì yǒu dào zhǎng . . .
Livermore Chinese Concept Stock Leading Index closed up 0.94% NetEase Youdao rose...
8名中国游客在贝加尔湖落水,目前仅1人获救
8 míng zhōng guó yóu kè zài bèi jiā ěr hú luò shuǐ , mù qián jǐn 1 rén huò jiù
Eight Chinese tourists fell into the water in Lake Baikal, and only one has been rescued
一辆载有8名中国游客的汽车在俄贝加尔湖沉没
yī liàng zài yǒu 8 míng zhōng guó yóu kè de qì chē zài é bèi jiā ěr hú chén méi
A car carrying eight Chinese tourists sank in Lake Baikal
我住在伊斯坦布尔的欧洲一侧。
Wǒ zhù zài Yīsītǎnbù'ěr de ōuzhōu yī cè.
I live in the European side of Istanbul.
雅尼去阿尔及利亚。
Yǎní qù Å'ěrjílìyǎ.
Yanni goes to Algeria.
阿尔卑斯山地跨欧洲八国。
ā'ěrbēisī shāndì kuà ōuzhōu bā guó.
The Alps extend across eight European countries.
爱尔兰和英格兰被海分割。
ài'ěrlán hé Yīnggélán bèi hǎi fēngē.
A sea separates Ireland and England.
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