The name rang a bell in me.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
耳熟
to sound familiar
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to sound familiar
02
familiar-sounding
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 耳熟 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 耳熟 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
We are familiar with the name of the place.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 耳熟.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 耳熟.
Directly before
- 来耳熟1
- 很耳熟1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 耳熟
What does 耳熟 mean in Chinese?
耳熟 (ěrshú) means to sound familiar.
How do you pronounce 耳熟?
耳熟 is pronounced ěrshú.
Is 耳熟 an HSK word?
耳熟 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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