HSK 5 · Clothing

耳环 ěrhuán “earring” in Chinese

Traditional 耳環

What 耳环 means

  1. earring

Measure word 只 zhī or 对 duì · 一只耳环 yì zhī ěrhuán

How to say 耳环

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale环huán2nd tone, rising

耳环 in a sentence

  1. 这对耳环是祖母送给我的。

    Zhè duì ěrhuán shì zǔmǔ sònggěi wǒ de.

    My grandmother gave me these earrings.

    Sentence #750613 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 汤姆把这对耳环给了我。

    Tāngmǔ bǎ zhè duì ěrhuán gěi le wǒ.

    Tom gave me these earrings.

    Sentence #13523746 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 耳环 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 环 (huán) with each of its parts in a different colour
环huánring
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 不no · bùSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 不 (bù) hints at the sound. Compare it with huán.

How to write 耳环

耳 6 strokes · 环 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 耳环

Words with 耳

耳朵ěrduo · ear耳机ěrjī · headphones

Words with 环

环境huánjìng · environment环节huánjié · link循环xúnhuán · cycle

More words: Clothing & Appearance

服装fúzhuāng · dress戒指jièzhi · (finger) ring牛仔裤niúzǎikù · jeans时尚shíshàng · fashion衣裳yīshang · clothes熨yùn · to iron羽绒服yǔróngfú · down jacket制服zhìfú · uniform

FAQs

耳环 (ěrhuán) means “earring”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it ěrhuán: ěr with a 3rd tone, then huán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 耳环 is written 耳環. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 只 (zhī) or 对 (duì). For example, one earring is 一只耳环 (yì zhī ěrhuán).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type erhuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 耳环 from the suggestions. Typing erhuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
耳环 is an HSK 5 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.