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尔

爾
ěr
pronoun #930

Meanings

  1. 1 you (literary)
  2. 2 thus; so; like that

Examples

他尔虞我诈。
Tā ěr yú wǒ zhà.
They cheat and deceive each other.
不过尔尔。
Bùguò ěr ěr.
Nothing more than that; mediocre.

Tips

usage
尔 is classical Chinese for 'you' or 'that'. In modern Chinese it mainly appears in set phrases and transliterations: 尔后 (ěrhòu, thereafter), 哈尔滨 (Hā'ěrbīn, Harbin).

Stroke Order

尔 ěr