耳 ěr
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 耳 — ear
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
耳熟能详
ěrshúnéngxiáng
widely known; familiar to many
Characters in this word
熟 shú
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 孰 who? which? what? which one? 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
能 néng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
详 xiáng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 羊 sheep, goat
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这首儿歌大家都耳熟能详，一听就会跟着唱。 Zhè shǒu érgē dàjiā dōu ěrshú néngxiáng, yì tīng jiù huì gēn zhe chàng. Everyone knows this children's song well and sings along as soon as they hear it.
- 龟兔赛跑的故事，我们每个人都耳熟能详。 Guītù sàipǎo de gùshi, wǒmen měi gè rén dōu ěrshú néngxiáng. The story of the tortoise and the hare is familiar to every one of us.
- 这些广告词我们早就耳熟能详，闭着眼睛也能背出来。 Zhèxiē guǎnggàocí wǒmen zǎo jiù ěrshú néngxiáng, bì zhe yǎnjing yě néng bèi chūlái. We have long known these ad slogans so well that we could recite them with our eyes closed.
Related words
- 耳机 ěrjī headphones
- 耳朵 ěrduo ear
- 耳环 ěrhuán earring
- 刺耳 cì'ěr ear-piercing; grating
- 耳光 ěrguāng slap in the face
- 耳目一新 ěrmùyìxīn to find something refreshingly new
- 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
- 熟 shú cooked; ripe
- 成熟 chéngshú mature; ripe