耳 (ji5) — a Chinese family name in Cantonese
jiˏ₅耳Mandarin Pinyin: er3
Meaning of 耳
nouna Chinese family name
nounear; ears
nounmerely, only, contraction of 而已
Example Sentences with 耳
ngoˏ₅我maaiˏ₅買zoˊ²咗deoi˗₃對jiˏ₅耳geiˉ¹機。
I bought a pair of earphones.
neiˏ₅你ze˗₃借ngoˏ₅我jiˏ₅耳geiˉ¹機。
Can you lend me your earphones?
jiˏ₅耳geiˉ¹機waaiˍ₆壞zoˊ²咗。
The earphones are broken.
daai˗₃戴zyuˍ₆住jiˏ₅耳geiˉ¹機tengˉ¹聽goˉ¹歌。
Listening to music with earphones on.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有mouˏ₅冇jiˏ₅耳geiˉ¹機？
Are there earphones here?
Words Containing 耳
耳聾ji5 lung4
deaf
冇耳性mou5 ji5 sing3
forgetful; having a bad/poor/short memory
迅雷不及掩耳seon3 leoi4 bat1 kap6 jim2 ji5
as sudden as lightning; with lightning speed
大耳牛daai6 ji5 ngau4
(often said of children) not teachable; unwilling to accept admonishment or advice
耳朵ji5 do2
ear; ears | Cant.: 耳仔
焦耳ziu1 ji5
joule
左耳入右耳出zo2 ji5 jap6 jau6 ji5 ceot1
do not retain information in the mind (Lit. in the left ear, out the right ear)
耳仔邊ji5 zai2 bin1
Kangxi radical 163 (邑) in its component form (right side of characters)
順風耳seon6 fung1 ji5
far hearing god (can hear sound 1000 miles away)
耳挖子ji5 waat2 zi2
earpick
耳仔軟ji5 zai2 jyun5
(of a person) easily swayed; easily suggestible; gullible; easily taken in by what other people say; easily influenced | Std. Chin.: 耳根軟
耳孔ji5 hung2
earhole | Cant.: 耳窿
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