耳垂 (ěrchuí): earlobe

Measure Word

一个耳垂 gè

Tā zài ěrchuí shàng dài le yī fù jīn ěrhuán.

She wore a pair of gold earrings on her earlobes.

Tā de ěrchuí bèi wénzi yǎo le yī kǒu.

His earlobe was bitten by a mosquito.

Yǒu rén shuō ěrchuí dà de rén fúqì hǎo.

Some say that people with large earlobes are blessed with good fortune.

memory

耳 means 'ear' and 垂 means 'to hang down' — the earlobe is literally the part that hangs (垂) from the ear (耳).

耳 ěr

垂 chuí