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HSK
(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear
HSK 1
ear / CL: 隻|只, 個|个, 對|对 / handle (on a cup)
HSK 5
to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捂* | 捂* | *捂
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
HSK 7-9
ear-piercing
HSK 7-9
to whisper to one another's ear
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *耳* | 耳* | *耳
ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *秀* | 秀* | *秀
(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful / (bound form) superior; excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甋* | 甋* | *甋
a jar without ears
middle ear
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *穗* | 穗* | *穗
ear of grain / fringe / tassel
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *屎* | 屎* | *屎
feces; excrement; a stool / (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *衄* | 衄* | *衄
to bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc) / fig. to be defeated
with one's own ears
white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *耷* | 耷* | *耷
(literary) big ears / (bound form) to droop
external auditory meatus / auditory canal, between the outer ear 外耳 and tympanum 鼓膜
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
to communicate with the spirits / psychic / (ears) sensitive / (information) accurate
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *琠* | 琠* | *琠
gem used as ear plug / jade earrings
to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water
lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom)
to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)
inner ear
stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean
auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture)
ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
ear ornament (earring, eardrop, stud etc)
to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears
across one's whole face / (smiling) from ear to ear
Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx to the tympanic cavity 鼓室 of the middle ear) / auditory tube
grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
(of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
to do as one sees fit / to play it by ear (according to the circumstances)
ear of wheat
to bend an ear (to) / to listen
inflammation of middle ear / otitis media
pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news) / to one's liking / music to one's ears / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 ting1]
(idiom) terribly busy / up to one's ears in work
eyes and ears / sb's attention or notice / information / knowledge / spies
ear
to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
(idiom) (of sb unfairly accused) to have all one's protestations fall on deaf ears; to be unable to convince sb of one's innocence
base of the ear / ear / (Buddhism) sense of hearing
lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other
see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion
lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
to be up to one's ears in work (idiom) / to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擗* | 擗* | *擗
(literary) to beat the breast / to break off; to snap off (a branch, an ear of corn etc)
lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood
sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) / keen and alert / perceptive
to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony)
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
words still ringing in one's ears (idiom)
jug ears
to block one's ears (not wishing to hear)
the walls have ears (idiom)
outer ear / auricle / pinna
ossicles (in the middle ear) / also written 聽小骨|听小骨
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately
eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane
lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience / still wet behind the ears
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瑱* | 瑱* | *瑱
(literary) jade pendants attached to an official hat and hanging beside each ear, symbolizing refusal to listen to malicious talk / (literary) to fill up
lit. ears pure and peaceful (idiom) / to stay away from the filth and unrest of the world
to prick up one's ear / to listen attentively
rice ear
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刵* | 刵* | *刵
cutting off the ears as punishment
lit. the east wind blowing in a horse's ear (idiom) / fig. words one pays no heed to
speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear)
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
ear (of corn or sorghum etc) / bunch (of grapes) / infructescence
to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears / out of touch with reality / to bury one's head in the sand
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *穟* | 穟* | *穟
ear of grain
lit. as the autumn breeze passes the ear (idiom); not in the least concerned
incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone
pleasing to the ear
malleus or hammer bone of middle ear
earhole / ear piercing hole; earring hole
(coll.) to whisper in sb's ear
ear of grain / gerbe (used on coats of arms)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鰒* | 鰒* | *鰒
Haliotis gigantea / sea ear
smiling wholeheartedly (idiom); beaming from ear to ear
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馘* | 馘* | *馘
(literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy / the severed ear of a slain enemy
unpleasant to hear / grates on the ear (of home truths)
raucous / ear-splitting
to approach sb's ear (to whisper)
to have the ears of grain come up
(in the game of Go) to make an "eye" / to serve as eyes and ears (i.e. go and seek out information); to be a scout
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *斝* | 斝* | *斝
small jade cup with ears
ear-splitting
loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)

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