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Ear in Chinese

ear · HSK 3

耳朵 ěr duo

  1. 耳 ěr ear
  2. 朵 duǒ

Counted with 只: 一只耳朵 yì zhī ěrduo

兔子的耳朵很长。 Rabbits have long ears.

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How do you say ear in Chinese?

Ear in Chinese is 耳朵 (ěr duo).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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