耳屎

ěrshǐ
noun #26,133

Meanings

  1. 1 earwax
  2. 2 cerumen

Examples

Tā yòng miánqiān qīnglǐ le ěrduǒ lǐ de ěrshǐ.
He cleaned the earwax from his ears with a cotton swab.
Yīshēng shuō bù yīnggāi jīngcháng yòng miánqiān tāo ěrshǐ.
The doctor said you shouldn't use cotton swabs to remove earwax frequently.

Tips

memory
means ear and means excrement/waste — so 耳屎 is literally ear waste. While is a crude word for feces, here it just means secretion/waste matter and the compound is not considered vulgar.

Stroke Order

ěr
shǐ