耳 ěr
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 耳 — ear
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
耳光
ěrguāng
slap in the face
Characters in this word
光 guāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- Made of
- ⺌ small 兀 weak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 那一记耳光不仅伤了他的面子，也彻底改变了两人的关系。 Nà yí jì ěrguāng bùjǐn shāng le tā de miànzi, yě chèdǐ gǎibiàn le liǎng rén de guānxi. That slap not only wounded his pride, but also completely changed the relationship between the two of them.
- 他后悔地说，那天他真想给自己一记耳光。 Tā hòuhuǐ de shuō, nàtiān tā zhēn xiǎng gěi zìjǐ yí jì ěrguāng. He said with regret that he truly wanted to slap himself that day.
- 这次失败像一记响亮的耳光，让他清醒了不少。 Zhè cì shībài xiàng yí jì xiǎngliàng de ěrguāng, ràng tā qīngxǐng le bù shǎo. This failure was like a resounding slap in the face and sobered him up considerably.
Related words
- 耳机 ěrjī headphones
- 耳朵 ěrduo ear
- 耳环 ěrhuán earring
- 刺耳 cì'ěr ear-piercing; grating
- 耳目一新 ěrmùyìxīn to find something refreshingly new
- 耳熟能详 ěrshúnéngxiáng widely known; familiar to many
- 交头接耳 jiāotóujiē'ěr to whisper to one another
- 面红耳赤 miànhóng'ěrchì flushed with anger or embarrassment
- 掩耳盗铃 yǎn'ěrdàolíng to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand
- 悦耳 yuè'ěr pleasant to the ear
- 不光 bùguāng not only
- 光 guāng light