嘑爾

嘑爾

Chinese

			thus; so; like that thus; so; like that; you; thou
trad. (嘑爾)		嘑	爾
simp. (嘑尔)		嘑	尔
variant forms		呼爾／呼尔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hù'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ ㄦˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hù'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ㄦˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huheel
    • IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

嘑爾

1. (literary, archaic) to shout loudly

   嘑爾而與之，行道之人弗受；蹴爾而與之，乞人不屑也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   嘑尔而与之，行道之人弗受；蹴尔而与之，乞人不屑也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Mencius, circa 4^th century BCE

   Hùěr ér yǔ zhī, xíngdào zhī rén fú shòu; cù'ěr ér yǔ zhī, qǐrén bùxiè yě. [Pinyin]

   […] if they are offered with an insulting voice, even a tramper will not receive them, or if you first tread upon them, even a beggar will not stoop to take them.