HSK 3 · Body

耳朵 ěrduo “ear” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 耳朵 means

  1. ear
  2. handle (on a cup)

Measure word 只 zhī or 个 gè · 一只耳朵 yì zhī ěrduo

How to say 耳朵

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale耳ěr3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own朵duoneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

耳朵 in a sentence

  1. 我们用耳朵听。

    Wǒmen yòng ěrduo tīng.

    We hear with our ears.

    Sentence #5640781 from Tatoeba

  2. 兔子有长耳朵和短尾巴。

    Tùzi yǒu cháng ěrduo hé duǎn wěiba.

    Rabbits have long ears and short tails.

    Sentence #503217 from Tatoeba

  3. 我听到这个消息时，简直不能相信自己的耳朵。

    Wǒ tīngdào zhè ge xiāoxi shí, jiǎnzhí bùnéng xiāngxìn zìjǐ de ěrduo.

    I could hardly believe my ears when I heard the news.

    Sentence #349182 from Tatoeba

How 耳朵 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 耳 (ěr) drawn as one shape
耳ěrear

耳 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from an ear: ear.

The character 朵 (duǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
朵duǒflowerlight in 耳朵
  • 几table · jī
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 耳朵

耳 6 strokes · 朵 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

耳朵 (ěrduo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 耳朵 (ěrduo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 耳朵

Words with 耳

耳机ěrjī · headphones耳环ěrhuán · earring

Words with 朵

朵duǒ · measure word for flowers and clouds

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FAQs

耳朵 (ěrduo) means “ear” or “handle (on a cup)”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it ěrduo: ěr with a 3rd tone, then duo with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 耳朵 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 只 (zhī) or 个 (gè). For example, one ear is 一只耳朵 (yì zhī ěrduo).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type erduo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 耳朵 from the suggestions. Typing erduo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
耳朵 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.