Usage of the character 爾

Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤／努尔哈赤 ( Nǔ'ěrhāchì), successful general, instrumental in Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his nephew Emperor Shunzhi 順治帝／顺治帝 ( Shùnzhìdì)

Tú'ěrkù

图尔库

[圖爾庫]

Turku (city in Finland)

Hēngdé'ěr

亨德尔

[亨德爾]

Handel (name)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-born British composer

huá'ěrzī

华尔兹

[華爾茲]

waltz (dance) (loanword)

Mǎ'ěrmò

马尔默

[馬爾默]

Malmo (Malmo city, of Sweden)

Bó'ěrdé

博尔德

[博爾德]

Boulder, Colorado

fán'ěrdīng

凡尔丁

[凡爾丁]

valitin (plain wool fabric) (loanword)

léiyà'ěr

雷亚尔

[雷亞爾]

real (Brazilian currency) (loanword)

Wò'ěrfū

沃尔夫

[沃爾夫]

Wolf, Woolf (name)

Sàishé'ěr

塞舌尔

[塞舌爾]

the Seychelles

Hā'ěrdēng

哈尔登

[哈爾登]

Halden (city in Norway)

jī'ěrtè

基尔特

[基爾特]

guild (loanword)

Pí'ěrsēn

皮尔森

[皮爾森]

Pearson (family name as well as various places)

Hā'ěrbīn

哈尔滨

[哈爾濱]

Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng) in northeast China

Tú'ěrgàn

涂尔干

[涂爾幹]

Durkheim (1858-1917), French sociologist

Díkǎ'ěr

笛卡尔

[笛卡爾]

René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher

Láiyī'ěr

莱伊尔

[萊伊爾]

Lyell (name)
Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), Scottish geologist

Lā'ěrfū

拉尔夫

[拉爾夫]

Ralph (name)

Mǐxiē'ěr

米歇尔

[米歇爾]

Michel or Mitchell (name)
George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009

Dáwò'ěr

达斡尔

[達斡爾]

Daur ethnic group of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang

ā'ěrfǎ

阿尔法

[阿爾法]

alpha (Greek letter Αα)

Gài'ěryǔ

盖尔语

[蓋爾語]

Gaelic (language)

Pí'āi'ěr

皮埃尔

[皮埃爾]

Pierre (name)

Kā'ěrkā

喀尔喀

[喀爾喀]

Khalkha, largest subgroup of Mongol people

Sà'ěrdá

萨尔达

[薩爾達]

Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game) (Tw, HK, Macau)

Bāxī'ěr

巴希尔

[巴希爾]

Bashir (name)
Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (1944-), Sudanese military man and politician, president of Sudan 1993-2019

Kǎnbèi'ěr

坎贝尔

[坎貝爾]

Campbell (name)

Mànsū'ěr

曼苏尔

[曼蘇爾]

Al-Mansur
Abu Jafar al Mansur (712-775), second Abassid caliph

Duōfó'ěr

多佛尔

[多佛爾]

Dover

Kǎ'ěrdùn

卡尔顿

[卡爾頓]

Carleton

Xī'ěrdùn

希尔顿

[希爾頓]

Hilton (hotel chain)

Qiūjí'ěr

丘吉尔

[丘吉爾]

variant of 邱吉爾／邱吉尔 ( Qiūjí'ěr)

Bǎo'ěrsēn

保尔森

[保爾森]

Paulson or Powellson (name)
Henry (Hank) Paulson (1946-), US banker, US Treasury Secretary 2006-2009

Nírì'ěr

尼日尔

[尼日爾]

Niger (African state)
Niger River, West Africa

Mù'ěrxī

穆尔西

[穆爾西]

Morsi, Mursi or Morsy (name)
Mohamed Morsi (1951-2019), Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood politician, president of Egypt 2012-2013

Rè'ěrwéi

热尔韦

[熱爾韋]

Gervais (name)
Paul Gervais (1816-1879), French geologist

Mósū'ěr

摩苏尔

[摩蘇爾]

Mosul (city in Iraq)

Yīngdài'ěr

英代尔

[英代爾]

Intel

Fēidé'ěr

菲德尔

[菲德爾]

Fidel (name)

Yīngtè'ěr

英特尔

[英特爾]

Intel

Angé'ěr

安格尔

[安格爾]

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), French Neoclassical painter

Lāhé'ěr

拉合尔

[拉合爾]

Lahore (city in Pakistan)

Lónggé'ěr

隆格尔

[隆格爾]

former Lunggar county 1983-1999 occupying parts of Zhongba county 仲巴縣／仲巴县 ( Zhòngbāxiàn), Ngari prefecture, Tibet

Wǎ'ěrtè

瓦尔特

[瓦爾特]

Walter

Aěrshān

阿尔山

[阿爾山]

Arxan, county-level city, Mongolian Rashaant xot, in Hinggan league 興安盟／兴安盟 ( Xīng'ānméng), east Inner Mongolia

Kēpèi'ěr

科佩尔

[科佩爾]

Koper (port city of Slovenia)

Bù'ěrnuò

布尔诺

[布爾諾]

Brno, city in Czech Republic

Jiā'ěrmàn

嘉尔曼

[嘉爾曼]

Carmen (name)

Bāsāi'ěr

巴塞尔

[巴塞爾]

Basel, Switzerland

Tǎtǎ'ěr

塔塔尔

[塔塔爾]

Tatar ethnic group of Xinjiang

Wū'ěrgé

乌尔格

[烏爾格]

ancient name of Ulan Bator

Bābù'ěr

巴布尔

[巴布爾]

Zaheeruddin Babur (1483-1530), first ruler of Mughal dynasty of India

Hēigé'ěr

黑格尔

[黑格爾]

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German philosopher

Mǎ'ěrtā

马尔他

[馬爾他]

Malta (Tw)

Húsài'ěr

胡塞尔

[胡塞爾]

Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), German philosopher

Chá'ěrsī

查尔斯

[查爾斯]

Charles

Kèlái'ěr

克莱尔

[克萊爾]

Claire (name)

Jiāsuǒ'ěr

加索尔

[加索爾]

Gasol (name)
Pau Gasol (1980-), former Spanish professional basketball player (NBA)
Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player

Bó'ěrdùn

博尔顿

[博爾頓]

Bolton (name)

Kē'ěrqìn

科尔沁

[科爾沁]

Horqin or Xorchin, famous Mongolian archer
Horqin district or Xorchin raion of Tongliao city 通遼市／通辽市 ( Tōngliáoshì), Inner Mongolia

Màndá'ěr

曼达尔

[曼達爾]

Mandal (city in Agder, Norway)

dìnà'ěr

第纳尔

[第納爾]

dinar (currency) (loanword)

Xīlǐ'ěr

西里尔

[西里爾]

Cyril (name)
Saint Cyril, 9th century Christian missionary
Cyrillic

Déléi'ěr

德雷尔

[德雷爾]

Dreyer (name)
June Teufel Dreyer, China expert at Univ. of Miami and Foreign Policy Research Institute

Xī'ěr Hé

锡尔河

[錫爾河]

Syr Darya, Central Asian river, flowing from Kyrgiz Republic through Kazakhstan to the Aral sea

Yīgē'ěr

伊戈尔

[伊戈爾]

Igor

Kù'ěrlè

库尔勒

[庫爾勒]

Korla Shehiri, Korla or Ku'erle City, capital of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 ( Bāyīnguōléng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

Wū'ěrmǔ

乌尔姆

[烏爾姆]

Ulm (city in Germany)

Nà'ěrxùn

纳尔逊

[納爾遜]

Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero

Mó'ěrrén

摩尔人

[摩爾人]

a Moor

Níbó'ěr

尼泊尔

[尼泊爾]

Nepal

Suǒxù'ěr

索绪尔

[索緒爾]

Saussure (name)

Gēpéi'ěr

戈培尔

[戈培爾]

Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), German Nazi leader and politician

Ní'ěrsēn

尼尔森

[尼爾森]

Nielsen or Nelson (name)

Sà'ěrzhōu

萨尔州

[薩爾州]

Saarland, state of Germany, capital Saarbrücken 薩爾布呂肯／萨尔布吕肯 ( Sà'ěrbùlükěn)

Zhào Erxùn

赵尔巽

[趙爾巽]

Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿

Ní'ěrxùn

尼尔逊

[尼爾遜]

Nelson or Nillson (name)
Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero

Ruò'ěrgài

若尔盖

[若爾蓋]

Zoigê County (Tibetan: mdzod dge rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州／阿坝藏族羌族自治州 ( Abà Zàngzú Qiāngzú Zìzhìzhōu), northwest Sichuan

Lābāo'ěr

拉包尔

[拉包爾]

Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea

Alā'ěr

阿拉尔

[阿拉爾]

Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang

Yǎ'ěrtǎ

雅尔塔

[雅爾塔]

Yalta

Bó'ěrní

伯尔尼

[伯爾尼]

Bern, capital of Switzerland

Gésà'ěr

格萨尔

[格薩爾]

King Gesar, hero of a Tibetan and Mongolian epic cycle

Mǎ'ěrgǔ

马尔谷

[馬爾谷]

Mark
St Mark the evangelist
less common variant of 馬克／马克 ( Mǎkè) preferred by the Catholic Church

Sā'ěrmèng

撒尔孟

[撒爾孟]

Salmon (name)

Wēi'ěrxùn

威尔逊

[威爾遜]

Wilson (name)

Pànèi'ěr

帕内尔

[帕內爾]

Parnell (name)
Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), Irish nationalist politician

Tǎmǎ'ěr

塔玛尔

[塔瑪爾]

Tamar (name)

Tuō'ěrjīn

托尔金

[托爾金]

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒

Sāqiē'ěr

撒切尔

[撒切爾]

Thatcher (name)
Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990

hé'ěrméng

荷尔蒙

[荷爾蒙]

hormone (loanword)
see 激素 (jīsù)

Fèi'ěrmǎ

费尔马

[費爾馬]

Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician

Hándé'ěr

韩德尔

[韓德爾]

(Tw) Handel (name)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-born British composer

Kǎ'ěrwén

卡尔文

[卡爾文]

Calvin (name)

Bānzhū'ěr

班珠尔

[班珠爾]

Banjul, capital of Gambia

Pàmǐ'ěr

帕米尔

[帕米爾]

the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia

Dá'ěrwén

达尔文

[達爾文]

Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist and author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源／物种起源 ( Wǔzhǒng Qǐyuán)
Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia) 北領地／北领地 ( Běi Lǐngdì)

Tàimǐ'ěr

泰米尔

[泰米爾]

Tamil

Mó'ěrgēn

摩尔根

[摩爾根]

Morgan (name)

Kābù'ěr

喀布尔

[喀布爾]

Kabul, capital of Afghanistan

Fēishě'ěr

菲舍尔

[菲捨爾]

Fisher (name)

Zhāyī'ěr

扎伊尔

[扎伊爾]

Zaire

Mò'ěrsī

莫尔斯

[莫爾斯]

Morse (name)

Anwǎ'ěr

安瓦尔

[安瓦爾]

Anwar (name)
Anwar bin Ibrahim (1947-), Malaysian politician, deputy prime minister 1993-1998, imprisoned 1999-2004 on charges including alleged homosexual acts, subsequently overturned

Gōnggǔ'ěr

龚古尔

[龔古爾]

Goncourt (name)

Lāfěi'ěr

拉斐尔

[拉斐爾]

Raphael

Eěrjīn

额尔金

[額爾金]

James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園／圆明园 in 1860
Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810

Sài'ěrdá

塞尔达

[塞爾達]

Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game)

Tīyě'ěr

梯也尔

[梯也爾]

Adolphe Thiers

Bèikè'ěr

贝克尔

[貝克爾]

Baker or Becker (name)

Kè'ěrbái

克尔白

[克爾白]

Ka'aba, sacred building in Mecca

Fú'ěrtài

伏尔泰

[伏爾泰]

Voltaire (1694-1778), Enlightenment philosopher

Aěrtài

阿尔泰

[阿爾泰]

Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk

Lǐ'ěrwáng

李尔王

[李爾王]

King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞／莎士比亚

Gé'ěrmù

格尔木

[格爾木]

Golmud or Ge'ermu city (Tibetan: na gor mo grong khyer) in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 ( Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzúzìzhìzhōu), Qinghai

Nàsài'ěr

纳赛尔

[納賽爾]

Nasr or Nasser (Arab name)
Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), Egyptian President

Wéi'ěrwǎ

韦尔瓦

[韋爾瓦]

Huelva, Spain

Mǎ'ěrsī

马尔斯

[馬爾斯]

Mars (Roman God of War)

Wǎ'ěrnà

瓦尔纳

[瓦爾納]

Varna (city in Bulgaria)

Nuòbèi'ěr

诺贝尔

[諾貝爾]

Nobel (Prize)

Wéijí'ěr

维吉尔

[維吉爾]

Virgil or Vergilius (70-19 BC), Roman poet and author of the Aeneid 埃涅阿斯紀／埃涅阿斯纪 ( Aīniè'āsī Jì)

Mǎzhā'ěr

马扎尔

[馬扎爾]

Magyar
Hungarian

Gá'ěrxiàn

噶尔县

[噶爾縣]

Gar county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sgar rdzong

Lǔ'ěr Qū

鲁尔区

[魯爾區]

the Ruhr, region in Germany

Màikè'ěr

迈克尔

[邁克爾]

Michael (name)

Mòkè'ěr

默克尔

[默克爾]

Angela Merkel (1954-), German CDU politician, chancellor from 2005

Dákā'ěr

达喀尔

[達喀爾]

Dakar, capital of Senegal

Mó'ěrmén

摩尔门

[摩爾門]

Mormon (religion)

Mò'ěrbō

墨尔钵

[墨爾缽]

see 墨爾本／墨尔本 ( Mò'ěrběn)

Sāimiù'ěr

塞缪尔

[塞繆爾]

Samuel (name)

Luòxī'ěr

洛希尔

[洛希爾]

Rothschild (name)

Nàdá'ěr

纳达尔

[納達爾]

Nadal (name)
Rafael Nadal (1986-), Spanish tennis player

Xiè'ěrgài

谢尔盖

[謝爾蓋]

Sergei (name)

jí'ěrdá

吉尔达

[吉爾達]

gelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon

Wǎ'ěrdé

瓦尔德

[瓦爾德]

Vardø (city in Finnmark, Norway)

Dào'ěrdùn

道尔顿

[道爾頓]

Dalton (name)
John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory

Duōyī'ěr

多伊尔

[多伊爾]

Doyle (name)

Aò'ěrliáng

奥尔良

[奧爾良]

Orléans

Andào'ěr

安道尔

[安道爾]

Andorra

Jiā'ěrwén

加尔文

[加爾文]

Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer

Guādá'ěr

瓜达尔

[瓜達爾]

Gwadar, free trade port city in Pakistani province of Baluchistan

Sūměi'ěr

苏美尔

[蘇美爾]

Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East

Aī'ěrjīn

埃尔金

[埃爾金]

James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園／圆明园 in 1860
Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810

Sài'ěrnán

塞尔南

[塞爾南]

Eugene Cernan (1934-), US astronaut in Apollo 10 and Apollo 17 missions, "last man on the moon"

Wéi'ěrróng

维尔容

[維爾容]

(Johannes Lodewikus) Viljoen (South African ambassador to Taiwan)

Aìmí'ěr

艾弥尔

[艾彌爾]

Emile (name)

Mǎxiē'ěr

马歇尔

[馬歇爾]

Marshall (name)
George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of State 1947-1949, author of the postwar Marshall plan for Europe and Nobel peace laureate

hè'ěrméng

贺尔蒙

[賀爾蒙]

hormone (loanword)

Wéiwú'ěr

维吾尔

[維吾爾]

Uighur ethnic group of Xinjiang

ānjí'ěr

安吉尔

[安吉爾]

angel (loanword)

Píkǎ'ěr

皮卡尔

[皮卡爾]

Picard (name)

Bù'ěrjīn

布尔津

[布爾津]

Burqin county or Burchin nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區／阿勒泰地区 ( Alètàidìqū), Xinjiang

Sāi'ěrtè

塞尔特

[塞爾特]

Celtic

Wò'ěrwò

沃尔沃

[沃爾沃]

Volvo (Swedish car company)

Tàigé'ěr

泰格尔

[泰格爾]

Tegel (name)
Tiger (name)

Hǎilā'ěr

海拉尔

[海拉爾]

Hailar District of Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市／呼伦贝尔市 ( Hūlúnbèi'ěr Shì), Inner Mongolia

Bópà'ěr

博帕尔

[博帕爾]

Bhopal, capital of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh 中央邦 ( Zhōngyāngbāng)

Mǎ'ěrkāng

马尔康

[馬爾康]

Barkam town (Tibetan: 'bar khams), capital of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州／阿坝藏族羌族自治州 ( Abà Zàngzú Qiāngzú Zìzhìzhōu), northwest Sichuan

Abèi'ěr

阿贝尔

[阿貝爾]

Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician
(math.) abelian

Hè'ěrmàn

赫尔曼

[赫爾曼]

Herman or Hermann (name)

Mǐ'ěrdùn

米尔顿

[米爾頓]

Milton (name)
John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost

děi'ěrtǎ

得尔塔

[得爾塔]

delta (Greek letter Δδ)

Wēi'ěrshì

威尔士

[威爾士]

Wales, constituent nation of UK

Tèlǐ'ěr

特里尔

[特里爾]

Trier (city in Germany)

Huá'ěr Jiē

华尔街

[華爾街]

Wall Street, New York
by extension, American big business

Nàpí'ěr

纳皮尔

[納皮爾]

Napier (name)
John Napier (1550-1617), Scottish mathematician, inventor of logarithms
Napier, city in New Zealand

bō'ěrkǎ

波尔卡

[波爾卡]

polka (dance) (loanword)

Bǐ'ěrbó

比尔博

[比爾博]

Bilbo Baggins, hero of Tolkien's The Hobbit 霍比特人

Mǐ'ěrsī

米尔斯

[米爾斯]

Mills (name)

Engé'ěr

恩格尔

[恩格爾]

Engel (name)
Ernst Engel (1821-1896), German statistician

Fēi'ěrtè

菲尔特

[菲爾特]

Fürth (city in Germany)

Méngdài'ěr

蒙代尔

[蒙代爾]

Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996

Huò'ěrténg

霍尔滕

[霍爾滕]

Horten (city in Vestfold, Norway)

Kāngtuō'ěr

康托尔

[康託爾]

Cantor (name)
Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician, founder of set theory 集合論／集合论 (jíhélùn)

Fēi'ěrzī

菲尔兹

[菲爾茲]

Fields (name)

Tǎ'ěrsì

塔尔寺

[塔爾寺]

Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai

Kāibó'ěr

开伯尔

[開伯爾]

Khyber province of Pakistan
Northwest Frontier province

kǎtè'ěr

卡特尔

[卡特爾]

cartel (loanword)

Gāo'ěrjī

高尔基

[高爾基]

Gorkii (name)
Maxim Gorkii (1868-1936), Russian proletarian writer and propagandist

Pàdì'ěr

帕蒂尔

[帕蒂爾]

Patil (name)
Pratibha Patil (1934-), female Indian Congress Party politician, president of India 2007-2012

Fán'ěrsài

凡尔赛

[凡爾賽]

Versailles (near Paris)
(slang) to humblebrag
ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful

Bō'ěrduō

波尔多

[波爾多]

Bordeaux

Lǔ'ěr Hé

鲁尔河

[魯爾河]

Ruhr River, a tributary of the Rhine in Germany

Qiè'ěrxī

切尔西

[切爾西]

Chelsea

Tàigē'ěr

泰戈尔

[泰戈爾]

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer

Bǐ'ěrmǔ

彼尔姆

[彼爾姆]

Perm, Russian city in the Urals

Bā'ěrgàn

巴尔干

[巴爾幹]

Balkan

Bòbò'ěr

柏柏尔

[柏柏爾]

Berber people of North Africa

Aì'ěrlán

爱尔兰

[愛爾蘭]

Ireland

Qiūjí'ěr

邱吉尔

[邱吉爾]

Winston Churchill (1874-1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955
surname Churchill

Bàikēnǔ'ěr

拜科努尔

[拜科努爾]

Baikonur (Russian space launch site in Kazakhstan)

Zhǔngé'ěr Qí

准格尔旗

[准格爾旗]

Jungar Banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯／鄂尔多斯 ( Eěrduōsī), Inner Mongolia

Zā'ěrdálǐ

扎尔达里

[扎爾達里]

Asif Ali Zardari (1956-), Pakistani People's Party politician, widower of murdered Benazir Bhutto, president of Pakistan from 2008-2013

Jié'ěrméizī

捷尔梅兹

[捷爾梅茲]

Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan

Luó'ěrdìnglǐ

罗尔定理

[羅爾定理]

Rolle's theorem (in calculus)

Wēnbù'ěrdēng

温布尔登

[溫布爾登]

Wimbledon (district of southwest London)
Wimbledon Championships (tennis)

Kē'ěrqìnqū

科尔沁区

[科爾沁區]

Horqin district or Xorchin raion of Tongliao city 通遼市／通辽市 ( Tōngliáoshì), Inner Mongolia

Yīmànniǔ'ěr

伊曼纽尔

[伊曼紐爾]

Emanuel; Immanuel (name)

Sāi'ěrwéiyà

塞尔维亚

[塞爾維亞]

Serbia

Yóu'ěrqīnkē

尤尔钦科

[尤爾欽科]

Yurchenko (name)
Natalia Yurchenko (1965-), Russian gymnast
Yurchenko, a type of jump-off for vaulting

Fú'ěrmóshā

福尔摩沙

[福爾摩沙]

Formosa (Tw)

Yīgē'ěrsī

伊戈尔斯

[伊戈爾斯]

Eagles (name)

Léi'ā'ěrchéng

雷阿尔城

[雷阿爾城]

Ciudad Real

Sà'ěrwǎduō

萨尔瓦多

[薩爾瓦多]

El Salvador

Mǎ'ěrtāyǔ

马尔他语

[馬爾他語]

Maltese (language)

Mǎ'ěrkǎ Hé

马尔卡河

[馬爾卡河]

Malka River, Russia, a.k.a. Balyksu River

Chábùchá'ěr

察布查尔

[察布查爾]

Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州／伊犁哈萨克自治州 ( Yīlí Hāsàkè Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

Mì'ěrwòjī

密尔沃基

[密爾沃基]

Milwaukee (city)

Aěrshānshì

阿尔山市

[阿爾山市]

Arxan, county-level city, Mongolian Rashaant xot, in Hinggan league 興安盟／兴安盟 ( Xīng'ānméng), east Inner Mongolia

Aì'ěrlán Hǎi

爱尔兰海

[愛爾蘭海]

Irish Sea between Ireland and north England

Dūnkè'ěrkè

敦刻尔克

[敦刻爾克]

Dunkirk, port in northern France

Bì'ěrbā'è

毕尔巴鄂

[畢爾巴鄂]

Bilbao (city in Spain)

Fú'ěrmósī

福尔摩斯

[福爾摩斯]

Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯／歇洛克·福尔摩斯 ( Xiēluòkè· Fú'ěrmósī)

Mài'ěrwéi'ěr

麦尔维尔

[麥爾維爾]

Melville (name)
Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鯨／白鲸 ( Báijing)

Láiwàng'è'ěr

莱旺厄尔

[萊旺厄爾]

Levanger (city in Trøndelag, Norway)

Bāyànnào'ěr

巴彦淖尔

[巴彥淖爾]

Bayan Nur prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

Sāmǎ'ěrgàn

撒马尔干

[撒馬爾幹]

Samarkand, city in Uzbekistan
also written 撒馬爾罕／撒马尔罕 ( Sāmǎ'ěrhǎn)

Aěrkǎtè

阿尔卡特

[阿爾卡特]

Alcatel, old company name

Niǔkǎsī'ěr

纽卡斯尔

[紐卡斯爾]

Newcastle (place name)

Eěrduōsī

鄂尔多斯

[鄂爾多斯]

Ordos, region of Inner Mongolia administered as a prefecture-level city, and a people of the region

Fèi'ěrbāhā

费尔巴哈

[費爾巴哈]

Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872), materialist philosopher

xīnhūnyàn'ěr

新婚燕尔

[新婚燕爾]

newlyweds

ā'ěrbēisī

阿尔卑斯

[阿爾卑斯]

alps (mountain range)

Bāsītè'ěr

巴斯特尔

[巴斯特爾]

Basseterre, capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Dáwò'ěryǔ

达斡尔语

[達斡爾語]

Daur language (of Daur ethnic group of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang)

Huò'ěrmǔsī

霍尔姆斯

[霍爾姆斯]

Holmes (name)

Biāozhǔn Pǔ'ěr

标准普尔

[標準普爾]

Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings
S&P financial index

Mǎ'ěrkùsī

马尔库斯

[馬爾庫斯]

Marcus (name)

Gāo'ěrjītǐ

高尔机体

[高爾機體]

Golgi apparatus
also written 高爾基體／高尔基体 ( Gāo'ěrjītǐ)

Pàlìjī'ěr

帕利基尔

[帕利基爾]

Palikir, capital of the Federated States of Micronesia

Lìbówéi'ěr

利伯维尔

[利伯維爾]

Libreville, capital of Gabon

Aī'ěrpàsuǒ

埃尔帕索

[埃爾帕索]

El Paso (Texas)

Aěrgǔnqín

阿尔衮琴

[阿爾袞琴]

Algonquin (North American people)

Tèlǔ'āi'ěr

特鲁埃尔

[特魯埃爾]

Tergüel or Teruel, Spain

Bèi'ěrmòbāng

贝尔墨邦

[貝爾墨邦]

Belmopan, capital of Belize (Tw)

Kē'ěrkèzī

柯尔克孜

[柯爾克孜]

Kyrghiz ethnic group of Xinjiang

Jí'ěrbótè

吉尔伯特

[吉爾伯特]

Gilbert (name)

Fèi'àoduō'ěr

费奥多尔

[費奧多爾]

Theodor of Fyodor (name)

Mǎ'ěrkāngzhèn

马尔康镇

[馬爾康鎮]

Barkam town (Tibetan: 'bar khams), capital of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州／阿坝藏族羌族自治州 ( Abà Zàngzú Qiāngzú Zìzhìzhōu), northwest Sichuan

Gāo'ěrchákè

高尔察克

[高爾察克]

Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian naval commander, head of anti-Bolshevik White forces

Déwéi'ěrpān

德维尔潘

[德維爾潘]

(Dominique) de Villepin (French name)

Měiní'ěrbìng

美尼尔病

[美尼爾病]

Meniere's disease

Wǎ'ěrdákè

瓦尔达克

[瓦爾達克]

Wardak (Afghan province)

Bānjiāluó'ěr

班加罗尔

[班加羅爾]

Bangalore, capital of southwest Indian state Karnataka 卡納塔克邦／卡纳塔克邦 ( Kǎnàtǎkèbāng)

shuài'ěrcāogū

率尔操觚

[率爾操觚]

to compose in off-hand way (idiom); to dash off

Aěrjí'ěr

阿尔及尔

[阿爾及爾]

Algiers, capital of Algeria

xīnhūnyàn'ěr

新婚宴尔

[新婚宴爾]

variant of 新婚燕爾／新婚燕尔 (xīnhūnyàn'ěr)

Guādá'ěr Gǎng

瓜达尔港

[瓜達爾港]

Gwadar Port on Arabian Sea in Pakistani province of Baluchistan

Aěrjiāwéi

阿尔加维

[阿爾加維]

the Algarve (southern region of Portugal)

Huò'ěrmùzī

霍尔木兹

[霍爾木茲]

Hormuz, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf

Hǎilā'ěr Qū

海拉尔区

[海拉爾區]

Hailar District of Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市／呼伦贝尔市 ( Hūlúnbèi'ěr Shì), Inner Mongolia

Nàshíwéi'ěr

纳什维尔

[納什維爾]

Nashville, capital of Tennessee

Sà'ěrcíbǎo

萨尔茨堡

[薩爾茨堡]

Salzburg

chū'ěrfǎn'ěr

出尔反尔

[出爾反爾]

old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word
to blow hot and cold
to contradict oneself
inconsistent

Jímùsà'ěr

吉木萨尔

[吉木薩爾]

Jimsar county or Jimisar nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 ( Chāngjí Huízúzìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

Xià'ěrbārén

夏尔巴人

[夏爾巴人]

Sherpa

Bùgānwéi'ěr

布干维尔

[布干維爾]

Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

Wéiwú'ěrzú

维吾尔族

[維吾爾族]

Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang

Eguāduō'ěr

厄瓜多尔

[厄瓜多爾]

Ecuador

Andào'ěrchéng

安道尔城

[安道爾城]

Andorra la Vella, capital of Andorra

xiǎngdāngrán'ěr

想当然尔

[想當然爾]

to take sth as given
to assume
as one would expect
naturally

Hànmì'ěrdùn

汉密尔顿

[漢密爾頓]

Hamilton (name)
Hamilton, capital of Bermuda

Wéiwú'ěrrén

维吾尔人

[維吾爾人]

Uighur person or people

Gěruìgé'ěr

葛瑞格尔

[葛瑞格爾]

Gregoire (name)

Alā'ěrshì

阿拉尔市

[阿拉爾市]

Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang

Lúwǎ'ěr Hé

卢瓦尔河

[盧瓦爾河]

Loire River, France

Nuòbèi'ěr Jiǎng

诺贝尔奖

[諾貝爾獎]

Nobel Prize

bù'ěrqiáoyà

布尔乔亚

[布爾喬亞]

bourgeois (loanword)

Sāmǎ'ěrhǎn

撒马尔罕

[撒馬爾罕]

Samarkand, city in Uzbekistan

bù'ěrqiáoyà

布尔乔亚

[佈爾喬亞]

bourgeois (loanword)
also written 布爾喬亞／布尔乔亚

Wū'ěrgēnqí

乌尔根奇

[烏爾根奇]

Urgench, city in Uzbekistan

Fēi'ěrpǔsī

菲尔普斯

[菲爾普斯]

Phelps (name)
Michael Phelps (1985-), US swimmer and multiple Olympic gold medallist

Sà'ěrkēqí

萨尔科奇

[薩爾科奇]

Sarkozy (name)
Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), president of France 2007-2012

bèikèlè'ěr

贝克勒尔

[貝克勒爾]

becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq)
abbr. to 貝克／贝克 (bèikè)

Sàinèijiā'ěr

塞内加尔

[塞內加爾]

Senegal

Gǔjiélā'ěr

古杰拉尔

[古傑拉爾]

Gujral (name)
Inder Kumar Gujral (1919-2012), Indian Janata politician, prime minister 1997-1998

Aěrsàsī

阿尔萨斯

[阿爾薩斯]

Alsace, French department

Xuěfēi'ěrdé

雪菲尔德

[雪菲爾德]

Sheffield (City in England)

Bèi'ěrmòpān

贝尔莫潘

[貝爾莫潘]

Belmopan, capital of Belize

bùguò'ěrěr

不过尔尔

[不過爾爾]

not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre
nothing out of the ordinary

Tiě'ěrméizī

铁尔梅兹

[鐵爾梅茲]

Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan

Aěr Gàidá

阿尔盖达

[阿爾蓋達]

al-Qaeda

Hǎidégé'ěr

海德格尔

[海德格爾]

Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), German philosopher

Pàsīkǎ'ěr

帕斯卡尔

[帕斯卡爾]

Pascal (name)

Bō'ěr Bùtè

波尔布特

[波爾布特]

Pol Pot (1925-1998), Cambodian communist leader

Fēi'ěrzī Jiǎng

菲尔兹奖

[菲爾茲獎]

Fields Medal (prestigious international award in mathematics)

Alúndá'ěr

阿伦达尔

[阿倫達爾]

Arendal (city in Agder, Norway)

mǐnà'ěrdí

米纳尔迪

[米納爾迪]

Minardi, Formula 1 racing team

dǎgāo'ěrfū

打高尔夫

[打高爾夫]

to play golf

Lā'ěrwéikè

拉尔维克

[拉爾維克]

Larvik (city in Vestfold, Norway)

Wūlā'ěrshān

乌拉尔山

[烏拉爾山]

the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia

Sàdé'ěrshì

萨德尔市

[薩德爾市]

Sadr city (Shia township in East Bagdad)

Dù'ěrbótè

杜尔伯特

[杜爾伯特]

Dorbod Mongol autonomous county in Daqing 大慶／大庆 ( Dàqìng), Heilongjiang

Bǐhā'ěrbāng

比哈尔邦

[比哈爾邦]

Bihar, state in eastern India

Fúlùbèi'ěr

福禄贝尔

[福祿貝爾]

surname Fröbel or Froebel
Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (1782-1852), German pedagogue

Aěrtài Shān

阿尔泰山

[阿爾泰山]

Altai mountain range in Xinjiang and Siberia

Amù'ěr Hé

阿穆尔河

[阿穆爾河]

Amur River (the border between northeast China and Russia)
same as 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng)

Adábǐ'ěr

阿达比尔

[阿達比爾]

Ardabil in Azerbaijan region of Iran

Aì'ěrlánrén

爱尔兰人

[愛爾蘭人]

Irish person

Yīsīmài'ěr

伊思迈尔

[伊思邁爾]

Ismail (name)
Shah Ismail I (1487-1524), founder of Persian Safavid dynasty, reigned 1501-1524

Shàng'àisè'ěr

上艾瑟尔

[上艾瑟爾]

Overijssel

Tàimǐ'ěryǔ

泰米尔语

[泰米爾語]

Tamil language

pǔnàiluò'ěr

普萘洛尔

[普萘洛爾]

propranolol (beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure)

Aī'ěrlǎnggēn

埃尔朗根

[埃爾朗根]

Erlangen (town in Bavaria)

Wēi'ěrtèjùn

威尔特郡

[威爾特郡]

Wiltshire (English county)

Lìmǎsuǒ'ěr

利马索尔

[利馬索爾]

Limassol, Cyprus
Lemesos

Wò'ěrfūjiǎng

沃尔夫奖

[沃爾夫獎]

the Wolf Prize (for science and arts)

Eěr Nínuò

厄尔尼诺

[厄爾尼諾]

El Niño, equatorial climate variation in the Pacific

Sà'ěrkēqí

萨尔科齐

[薩爾科齊]

Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012
also written 薩科齊／萨科齐 ( Sàkēqí)

Bó'ěrhèsī

博尔赫斯

[博爾赫斯]

Jorge Luis Borges

Tuō'ěrsītài

托尔斯泰

[托爾斯泰]

Tolstoy (name)
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平／战争与和平

Hè'ěrmàndé

赫尔曼德

[赫爾曼德]

Helmand (name)
Helmand province of south Afghanistan, capital Lashkar Gah

Bō'ěrzīmàn

玻尔兹曼

[玻爾茲曼]

Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher

Hǎidé'ěrbǎo

海德尔堡

[海德爾堡]

Heidelberg

Ajiādí'ěr

阿加迪尔

[阿加迪爾]

Agadir, city in southwest Morocco

Apǔ'ěrdùn

阿普尔顿

[阿普爾頓]

Appleton (name)
Sir Edward Appleton (1892-1965), British physicist, Nobel laureate who discovered the ionosphere

Aòkāngnèi'ěr

奥康内尔

[奧康內爾]

O'Connell (name)
Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847), Irish nationalist and catholic activist

Pà'ěrwǎdì

帕尔瓦蒂

[帕爾瓦蒂]

Parvati (Hindu deity, the consort of Shiva)

Hā'ěrbīnshì

哈尔滨市

[哈爾濱市]

Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng) in northeast China

Bù'ěrjīnxiàn

布尔津县

[布爾津縣]

Burqin county or Burchin nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區／阿勒泰地区 ( Alètàidìqū), Xinjiang

Dálǎngbèi'ěr

达朗贝尔

[達朗貝爾]

D'Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician

Kāshígá'ěr

喀什噶尔

[喀什噶爾]

Kashgar or Qeshqer (Chinese Kashi) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan

Dá'ěrfù'ěr

达尔富尔

[達爾富爾]

Darfur, region of west Sudan

Hè'ěrmòsī

赫尔墨斯

[赫爾墨斯]

Hermes (Greek god)

Qíqíhā'ěr

齐齐哈尔

[齊齊哈爾]

Qiqihar, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng) in northeast China

Kǎ'ěrzāyī

卡尔扎伊

[卡爾紮伊]

Hamid Karzai (1957-), Afghan politician, president 2004-2014

Adélā'ěr

阿得拉尔

[阿得拉爾]

Adderall (stimulant drug)

Dàhūlā'ěr

大呼拉尔

[大呼拉爾]

State Great Khural or Great State Assembly, Mongolian parliament

Kèshímǐ'ěr

克什米尔

[克什米爾]

Kashmir

Kǎ'ěrdélóng

卡尔德龙

[卡爾德龍]

Calderon (Hispanic name)

Hāmǐ'ěrkǎ

哈米尔卡

[哈米爾卡]

Hamilcar (c. 270-228 BC), Carthaginian statesman and general

wēnwén'ěryǎ

温文尔雅

[溫文爾雅]

cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated

zhuó'ěrbùqún

卓尔不群

[卓爾不群]

standing above the common crowd (idiom); outstanding
excellent and unrivaled

Sāngjǐbā'ěr

桑给巴尔

[桑給巴爾]

Zanzibar

Lǐwǎ'ěrduō

里瓦尔多

[里瓦爾多]

Rivaldo

Fú'ěrjiā Hé

伏尔加河

[伏爾加河]

Volga River

Fùlā'ěrjī

富拉尔基

[富拉爾基]

Fularji district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾／齐齐哈尔 ( Qíqíhā'ěr), Heilongjiang

Mǎ'ěrdàifū

马尔代夫

[馬爾代夫]

the Maldives

Fèi'ěrgànnà

费尔干纳

[費爾干納]

the Ferghana Valley (in Uzbekistan, central Asia)

Pāntǎnà'ěr

潘塔纳尔

[潘塔納爾]

Pantanal (wetland area in Brazil)

Nǔ'ěrhāchì

努尔哈赤

[努爾哈赤]

Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金／后金 ( Hòu Jīn) (from 1616)

Nírì'ěr Hé

尼日尔河

[尼日爾河]

Niger River of West Africa

Fúléizé'ěr

佛雷泽尔

[彿雷澤爾]

Frazer (name)

Wū'ěrhé Qū

乌尔禾区

[烏爾禾區]

Orku District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市／克拉玛依市 ( Kèlāmǎyī Shì), Xinjiang

Kǎ'ěrjiālǐ

卡尔加里

[卡爾加里]

Calgary, largest city of Alberta, Canada

Bā'ěrzhākè

巴尔扎克

[巴爾扎克]

Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine

Méisīméi'ěr

梅斯梅尔

[梅斯梅爾]

Mesmer (name)
Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), Austrian doctor who introduced hypnosis

Mǎ'ěrbèikè

马尔贝克

[馬爾貝克]

Malbec (grape type)

Aò'ěrbāní

奥尔巴尼

[奧爾巴尼]

Albany, New York

Luónà'ěrduō

罗纳尔多

[羅納爾多]

Ronaldo (name)
Cristiano Ronaldo (1985-), Portuguese soccer player

Eěrgǔnà

额尔古纳

[額爾古納]

Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾／呼伦贝尔 ( Hūlúnbèi'ěr), Inner Mongolia

Amù'ěr Zhōu

阿穆尔州

[阿穆爾州]

Amur Oblast, in far eastern Russia

Xī'ěrbótè

希尔伯特

[希爾伯特]

David Hilbert (1862-1943), German mathematician

Dá'ěrfú'ěr

达尔福尔

[達爾福爾]

Darfur (western province of Sudan)

Bèi'ěrgélè

贝尔格勒

[貝爾格勒]

Belgrade, capital of Serbia (Tw)

Mǎzhā'ěryǔ

马扎尔语

[馬扎爾語]

Magyar (language)
Hungarian

Mǎ'ěrkāng Xiàn

马尔康县

[馬爾康縣]

Barkam County (Tibetan: 'bar khams rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州／阿坝藏族羌族自治州 ( Abà Zàngzú Qiāngzú Zìzhìzhōu), northwest Sichuan

Ruò'ěrgài Xiàn

若尔盖县

[若爾蓋縣]

Zoigê County (Tibetan: mdzod dge rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州／阿坝藏族羌族自治州 ( Abà Zàngzú Qiāngzú Zìzhìzhōu), northwest Sichuan

Aīgé'ěrsōng

埃格尔松

[埃格爾松]

Egersund (city in Norway)

Kù'ěrlèshì

库尔勒市

[庫爾勒市]

Korla Shehiri, Korla or Ku'erle City, capital of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 ( Bāyīnguōléng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu)

Jí'ěrjísī

吉尔吉斯

[吉爾吉斯]

Kyrgyz
(Tw, HK) Kyrgyzstan

Wéiwú'ěryǔ

维吾尔语

[維吾爾語]

Uighur language

Xiè'ěrbārén

谢尔巴人

[謝爾巴人]

Sherpa

Sāi'ěrtèyǔ

塞尔特语

[塞爾特語]

Celtic language

Wēntètú'ěr

温特图尔

[溫特圖爾]

Winterthur, Switzerland

Mǎ'ěrtārén

马尔他人

[馬爾他人]

Maltese (person)

Wū'ěrdūyǔ

乌尔都语

[烏爾都語]

Urdu (language)

Kù'ěrdérén

库尔德人

[庫爾德人]

Kurdish person or people

Tàisè'ěr Dǎo

泰瑟尔岛

[泰瑟爾島]

Texel island, Netherlands

gāo'ěrfūqiú

高尔夫球

[高爾夫球]

golf
golf ball

Sīchèdá'ěr

斯彻达尔

[斯徹達爾]

Stjørdal (city in Trøndelag, Norway)

Bèijiā'ěr Hú

贝加尔湖

[貝加爾湖]

Lake Baikal

Fán'ěrsài Gōng

凡尔赛宫

[凡爾賽宮]

the Palace of Versailles, France

Sà'ěrtúqū

萨尔图区

[薩爾圖區]

Sa'ertu district of Daqing city 大慶／大庆 ( Dàqìng), Heilongjiang

Aěrdōusāi

阿尔都塞

[阿爾都塞]

surname Althusser
Louis Pierre Althusser 路易·皮埃爾·阿爾都塞／路易·皮埃尔·阿尔都塞 ( Lùyì· Pí'āi'ěr· Aěrdōusāi) (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher

Aěrtàiyǔ

阿尔泰语

[阿爾泰語]

Altaic language

Kǎi'ěrtèrén

凯尔特人

[凱爾特人]

Celt

Hūlúnbèi'ěr

呼伦贝尔

[呼倫貝爾]

Hulunbuir prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

Sà'ěrwēnjiāng

萨尔温江

[薩爾溫江]

Salween river, flowing from Tibet into Myanmar

Mó'ěrduōwǎ

摩尔多瓦

[摩爾多瓦]

Moldova
Republic of Moldova, former Soviet republic on the border with Romania

Běi Aì'ěrlán

北爱尔兰

[北愛爾蘭]

Northern Ireland

Mǎjiá'ěrní

马戛尔尼

[馬戛爾尼]

Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793
Paul McCartney, former Beatle

Mǎgá'ěrní

马噶尔尼

[馬噶爾尼]

Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793
Paul McCartney, former Beatle

Wú'ěrkāixī

吾尔开希

[吾爾開希]

Örkesh Dölet (1968-), one of the main leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989

Gé'ěrmùshì

格尔木市

[格爾木市]

Golmud or Ge'ermu city (Tibetan: na gor mo grong khyer) in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 ( Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzúzìzhìzhōu), Qinghai

Hè'ěrmùtè

赫尔穆特

[赫爾穆特]

Helmut (name)

Ajīnkù'ěr

阿金库尔

[阿金庫爾]

Agincourt (near Arras in north France, scene of a battle in 1415)

Aì'ěrlányǔ

爱尔兰语

[愛爾蘭語]

Irish language

Kǎ'ěrbālā

卡尔巴拉

[卡爾巴拉]

Karbala (city in Iraq)

Fǎ'ěrkǎshí

法尔卡什

[法爾卡什]

Farkas (Hungarian name)

Hā'ěrsītǎ

哈尔斯塔

[哈爾斯塔]

Harstad (city in Norway)

Pǔláifèi'ěr

普莱费尔

[普萊費爾]

Playfair (surname)

wǎ'ěrjīlǐ

瓦尔基里

[瓦爾基里]

valkyrie

Jiābǐ'é'ěr

加俾额尔

[加俾額爾]

Gabriel (biblical name)

Wēi'ěrshìyǔ

威尔士语

[威爾士語]

Welsh (language)

Bùlǔsài'ěr

布鲁塞尔

[布魯塞爾]

Brussels, capital of Belgium

Mó'ěrdìnglü

摩尔定律

[摩爾定律]

Moore's law (computing)

Lónggé'ěrxiàn

隆格尔县

[隆格爾縣]

former Lunggar county 1983-1999 occupying parts of Zhongba county 仲巴縣／仲巴县 ( Zhòngbāxiàn), Ngari prefecture, Tibet

yuèdé'ěrgē

岳得尔歌

[嶽得爾歌]

to yodel

Efēi'ěrshì

额菲尔士

[額菲爾士]

Everest (name)
Colonel Sir George Everest (1790-1866), British Surveyor-General of India 1830-1843
(Mount) Everest

Bō'ěrduōyè

波尔多液

[波爾多液]

Bordeaux mixture

Hǎi'ěrdélán

海尔德兰

[海爾德蘭]

Gelderland, province of the Netherlands

Aī'ěrduō'ān

埃尔多安

[埃爾多安]

Erdogan (name)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954-), Turkish politician, prime minister 2003-2014, president 2014-

Lè Hāfèi'ěr

勒哈费尔

[勒哈費爾]

Le Havre (French town)

Bā'ěrdìmó

巴尔的摩

[巴爾的摩]

Baltimore (place name, surname etc)

Sēnhǎisè'ěr

森海塞尔

[森海塞爾]

Sennheiser (brand)

Gēsīlā'ěr

戈斯拉尔

[戈斯拉爾]

Goslar, Germany

Xīn'ào'ěrliáng

新奥尔良

[新奧爾良]

New Orleans, Louisiana

Aěrbótǎ

阿尔伯塔

[阿爾伯塔]

Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓／埃德蒙顿 ( Aīdéméngdùn)

Kē'ěrduōwǎ

科尔多瓦

[科爾多瓦]

Córdoba, Spain

Tǎtǎ'ěrzú

塔塔尔族

[塔塔爾族]

Tatar ethnic group of Xinjiang

Wò'ěrfēnsēn

沃尔芬森

[沃爾芬森]

Wolfson, Wulfsohn etc (name)

Mó'ěrmén Jīng

摩尔门经

[摩爾門經]

Book of Mormon

Zhānjiāngbù'ěr

詹江布尔

[詹江布爾]

Janjanbureh river and city in Gambia

Mǎlǐbó'ěr

马里博尔

[馬里博爾]

Maribor, 2nd biggest city in Slovenia

Gāo'ěrjītǐ

高尔基体

[高爾基體]

Golgi apparatus

Jiā'ěrgèdá

加尔各答

[加爾各答]

Calcutta (India)

Tuō'ěrsī Gǎng

托尔斯港

[托爾斯港]

Tórshavn, capital of Faroe Islands

Aī'ěrfútè

埃尔福特

[埃爾福特]

Erfurt (German city)

Chá'ěrsīdùn

查尔斯顿

[查爾斯頓]

Charleston

ěryúwǒzhà

尔虞我诈

[爾虞我詐]

lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom)
fig. each tries to outwit the other
deceit and treachery

wǎn'ěryīxiào

莞尔一笑

[莞爾一笑]

(literary) to smile

Yè'ěrqiāng Hé

叶尔羌河

[葉爾羌河]

Yarkant River in Xinjiang

Wéi'ěrniǔsī

维尔纽斯

[維爾紐斯]

Vilnius, capital of Lithuania

Dá'ěrwéngǎng

达尔文港

[達爾文港]

Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory, Australia

Hè'ěrxīnjī

赫尔辛基

[赫爾辛基]

Helsinki (Swedish Helsingfors), capital of Finland

fēi'ābèi'ěr

非阿贝尔

[非阿貝爾]

(math.) non-abelian

Dài'ěrfūtè

代尔夫特

[代爾夫特]

Delft, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands

Chāngdíjiā'ěr

昌迪加尔

[昌迪加爾]

Chandighar, capital of Punjab state of northwest India

Lǔfú'ěrgōng

鲁佛尔宫

[魯佛爾宮]

the Louvre

Méngtèlì'ěr

蒙特利尔

[蒙特利爾]

Montreal, city in Quebec, Canada

Mǎ'ěrdìfū

马尔地夫

[馬爾地夫]

the Maldives (Tw)

Kù'ěrsīkè

库尔斯克

[庫爾斯克]

Kursk (city)

Aěrbótè

阿尔伯特

[阿爾伯特]

Albert (name)

Wēnbù'ěrdùn

温布尔顿

[溫布爾頓]

Wimbledon

Aì'ěrbótǎ

艾尔伯塔

[艾爾伯塔]

Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓／埃德蒙顿 ( Aīdéméngdùn)
also written 阿爾伯塔／阿尔伯塔 ( Aěrbótǎ)

Bù'ěrdàishù

布尔代数

[布爾代數]

Boolean algebra

Gǔ'ěrbāngjié

古尔邦节

[古爾邦節]

Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar

Tuōmù'ěr Fēng

托木尔峰

[托木爾峰]

Victory Peak or Jengish Chokusu (7,439 m), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan

Mǎ'ěrzhāhè

马尔扎赫

[馬爾扎赫]

Marjah, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan

Hélíngé'ěr

和林格尔

[和林格爾]

Horinger county in Hohhot 呼和浩特 ( Hūhéhàotè), Inner Mongolia

Dàwèi· Ní'ěr

大卫·尼尔

[大衛·尼爾]

Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969), Belgian-French explorer and writer who traveled in Tibet in the 1920s

Bǐ'ěr· Gàicí

比尔·盖茨

[比爾·蓋茨]

Bill Gates (1955-), co-founder of Microsoft

Kēnán· Dào'ěr

柯南·道尔

[柯南·道爾]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克·福爾摩斯／歇洛克·福尔摩斯

Qiáozhì· Bù'ěr

乔治·布尔

[喬治·布爾]

George Boole (1815-1864), English mathematician, philosopher and logician, author of The Laws of Thought and inventor of Boolean algebra

Mǎkèsīwēi'ěr

马克斯威尔

[馬克斯威爾]

James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)

Kāngnài'ěr Dàxué

康奈尔大学

[康奈爾大學]

Cornell University

Bèi'ěrgéláidé

贝尔格莱德

[貝爾格萊德]

Belgrade, capital of Serbia

Efēi'ěrshì Fēng

额菲尔士峰

[額菲爾士峰]

Mount Everest

Kǎnàwéi'ěrjiǎo

卡纳维尔角

[卡納維爾角]

Cape Canaveral, Florida

Sà'ěrpǔsībǎo

萨尔普斯堡

[薩爾普斯堡]

Sarpsborg (city in Østfold, Norway)

Kēcíwò'ěrdé

科茨沃尔德

[科茨沃爾德]

the Cotswolds (England)

Sāi'ěrwéiyàyǔ

塞尔维亚语

[塞爾維亞語]

Serbian (language)

Yīsītǎnbù'ěr

伊斯坦布尔

[伊斯坦布爾]

Istanbul, Turkey

Dùsāi'ěrduōfū

杜塞尔多夫

[杜塞爾多夫]

Düsseldorf (Germany)

Kù'ěrdésītǎn

库尔德斯坦

[庫爾德斯坦]

Kurdistan

Dù'ěrbótèxiàn

杜尔伯特县

[杜爾伯特縣]

Dorbod Mongol autonomous county in Daqing 大慶／大庆 ( Dàqìng), Heilongjiang

Shǒu'ěr Tèbiéshì

首尔特别市

[首爾特別市]

Seoul Special Metropolitan City, official name of the capital of South Korea

Nángéhā'ěrshěng

楠格哈尔省

[楠格哈爾省]

Nangarhar province of Afghanistan

Gé'ěrfū Bōtè

格尔夫波特

[格爾夫波特]

Gulf Port (Florida or Mississippi)

Tèlāfǎ'ěrjiā

特拉法尔加

[特拉法爾加]

Trafalgar

Dá'ěrwénxuéshuō

达尔文学说

[達爾文學說]

Darwinism

Bāyànnào'ěrshì

巴彦淖尔市

[巴彥淖爾市]

Bayan Nur prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

Jímùsà'ěrxiàn

吉木萨尔县

[吉木薩爾縣]

Jimsar county or Jimisar nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 ( Chāngjí Huízúzìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

Bā'ěrgàn Bàndǎo

巴尔干半岛

[巴爾幹半島]

Balkan Peninsula

Fán'ěrsàiwénxué

凡尔赛文学

[凡爾賽文學]

(slang) social media post whose purpose is to humblebrag

Kèzī'ěrgǎhā

克孜尔尕哈

[克孜爾尕哈]

Kizilgaha, site of a famous fire beacon tower and cliff caves in Kuqa, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang

Chénbā'ěrhǔqí

陈巴尔虎旗

[陳巴爾虎旗]

Old Barag banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾／呼伦贝尔 ( Hūlúnbèi'ěr), Inner Mongolia

Aò'ěrdéní Dǎo

奥尔德尼岛

[奧爾德尼島]

Alderney (Channel Islands)

Píngkǎfēi'ěrtè

萍卡菲尔特

[萍卡菲爾特]

Pinkafeld (Hungarian Pinkafő) Austrian town on the border with Hungary

Suǒ'ěrrénníqín

索尔仁尼琴

[索爾仁尼琴]

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of the Gulag Archipelago

Mó'ěrduōwǎrén

摩尔多瓦人

[摩爾多瓦人]

Moldovan (person)

Sāqiē'ěr Fūren

撒切尔夫人

[撒切爾夫人]

Mrs Thatcher
Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990

Alǔkē'ěrqìn

阿鲁科尔沁

[阿魯科爾沁]

Ar Horqin banner or Aru Khorchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰 ( Chìfēng), Inner Mongolia

Hélíngé'ěrxiàn

和林格尔县

[和林格爾縣]

Horinger county in Hohhot 呼和浩特 ( Hūhéhàotè), Inner Mongolia

Sūbìlì'ěr Hú

苏必利尔湖

[蘇必利爾湖]

Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖 ( Wǔdàhú)

Eěrgǔnà Hé

额尔古纳河

[額爾古納河]

Argun River of Mongolia and Heilongjiang province, tributary of Heilongjiang River 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng)

Chábùchá'ěr Xiàn

察布查尔县

[察布查爾縣]

Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州／伊犁哈萨克自治州 ( Yīlí Hāsàkè Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

Jié'ěrrènsīkè

捷尔任斯克

[捷爾任斯克]

Dzerzhinsk, Russian city

Aìmǎniǔ'āi'ěr

艾玛纽埃尔

[艾瑪紐埃爾]

Emmanuel or Emmanuelle (name)

Wǎhèjī'ěr Hé

瓦赫基尔河

[瓦赫基爾河]

Vakhsh river (upper reaches of Amu Darya)

dǎgāo'ěrfūqiú

打高尔夫球

[打高爾夫球]

to play golf

Bā'ěrkènèndé

巴尔克嫩德

[巴爾克嫩德]

Jan Pieter Balkenende (1956-), prime minister of the Netherlands 2002-2010

Bùgānwéi'ěr Dǎo

布干维尔岛

[布干維爾島]

Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea

Xī'ěrfúsèmǔ

希尔弗瑟姆

[希爾弗瑟姆]

Hilversum, city in Netherlands

Pàmǐ'ěr Gāoyuán

帕米尔高原

[帕米爾高原]

the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia

Luóbósībì'ěr

罗伯斯庇尔

[羅伯斯庇爾]

Robespierre (name)
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French revolutionary leader, enthusiastic advocate of reign of terror 1791-1794

Aìfēi'ěr Tiětǎ

艾菲尔铁塔

[艾菲爾鐵塔]

Eiffel Tower

Aìdésīwò'ěr

爱德斯沃尔

[愛德斯沃爾]

Eidsvoll (city in Norway)

Sà'ěrhǔzhī Zhàn

萨尔浒之战

[薩爾滸之戰]

Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci 努爾哈赤／努尔哈赤 ( Nǔ'ěrhāchì) crushed four Ming armies

Tàimǐ'ěr Nàdé

泰米尔纳德

[泰米爾納德]

Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈／钦奈 ( Qīnnài)
formerly Madras state 馬德拉斯邦／马德拉斯邦 ( Mǎdélāsībāng)

Kù'ěrníkēwá

库尔尼科娃

[庫爾尼科娃]

Anna Sergeevna Kournikova (1981-), Russian tennis star and glamor model

Luójié'ài'ěrzhī

罗洁爱尔之

[羅潔愛爾之]

Raziel, archangel in Judaism

Sīfú'ěrwǎ'ěr

斯福尔瓦尔

[斯福爾瓦爾]

Svolvær (city in Nordland, Norway)

Pàlāsè'ěrshì

帕拉塞尔士

[帕拉塞爾士]

Paracelsius (Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), Swiss alchemist and prominent early European scientist

Kāibó'ěrshānkǒu

开伯尔山口

[開伯爾山口]

Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan)

Yī'ěrkùcíkè

伊尔库茨克

[伊爾庫茨克]

Irkutsk

Níbó'ěr Wángguó

尼泊尔王国

[尼泊爾王國]

Kingdom of Nepal

Mò'ěrzībǐgǎng

莫尔兹比港

[莫爾茲比港]

Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea

Wò'ěrfūsībǎo

沃尔夫斯堡

[沃爾夫斯堡]

Wolfsburg

Sīkēfèi'ěr Fēng

斯科费尔峰

[斯科費爾峰]

Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England (978 m)

Gē'ěrbāqiáofū

戈尔巴乔夫

[戈爾巴喬夫]

Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931-2022), last president of the Soviet Union 1991-1995

Aěrkǎntǎlā

阿尔坎塔拉

[阿爾坎塔拉]

Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Alcantara, Brazil space launch site

ā'ěrfǎlìzǐ

阿尔法粒子

[阿爾法粒子]

alpha particle (helium nucleus)

Aěrcíhǎimò

阿尔茨海默

[阿爾茨海默]

Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist

Wūlā'ěr Shānmài

乌拉尔山脉

[烏拉爾山脈]

Ural Mountains

Kē'ěrkèzīyǔ

柯尔克孜语

[柯爾克孜語]

Kyrghiz language

Fúlājīmǐ'ěr

弗拉基米尔

[弗拉基米爾]

Vladimir

Sīpí'ěrbógé

斯皮尔伯格

[斯皮爾伯格]

Steven Spielberg (1946-), US film director

Zhǔngá'ěryìlóng

准噶尔翼龙

[準噶爾翼龍]

Dsungaripterus (genus of pterosaur)

Aěrjílìyà

阿尔及利亚

[阿爾及利亞]

Algeria

Mǎshào'ěr Qúndǎo

马绍尔群岛

[馬紹爾群島]

Marshall Islands

Aīfēi'ěr Tiětǎ

埃菲尔铁塔

[埃菲爾鐵塔]

Eiffel Tower

Fùlā'ěrjīqū

富拉尔基区

[富拉爾基區]

Fularji district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾／齐齐哈尔 ( Qíqíhā'ěr), Heilongjiang

Shītài'ěrmǎkè

施泰尔马克

[施泰爾馬克]

Styria (Steiermark), province of Austria

Aěrwǎsètè

阿尔瓦塞特

[阿爾瓦塞特]

Albacete, Spain

Bèi'ěrfǎsītè

贝尔法斯特

[貝爾法斯特]

Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland

Bùlācháiwéi'ěr

布拉柴维尔

[布拉柴維爾]

Brazzaville, capital of Congo

Mǎ'ěrmǎlā Hǎi

马尔马拉海

[馬爾馬拉海]

Sea of Marmara

Sāngdé'ěrfúdé

桑德尔福德

[桑德爾福德]

Sandefjord (city in Vestfold, Norway)

Lúbù'ěryǎnà

卢布尔雅那

[盧布爾雅那]

Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia

Hūlúnbèi'ěr Shì

呼伦贝尔市

[呼倫貝爾市]

Hulunbuir prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

Lāshíkǎ'ěr Jiā

拉什卡尔加

[拉什卡爾加]

Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan

Chá'ěrhán Yánhú

察尔汗盐湖

[察爾汗鹽湖]

Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai

Dá'ěrwénxuétú

达尔文学徒

[達爾文學徒]

Darwinian

Níbó'ěrjiāoméi

尼泊尔鹪鹛

[尼泊爾鷦鶥]

(bird species of China) Nepal wren-babbler (Pnoepyga immaculata)

Xīlǐ'ěrzìmǔ

西里尔字母

[西里爾字母]

Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic letters

Mǎ'ěrbǎobìngdú

马尔堡病毒

[馬爾堡病毒]

Marburg virus

Bùlǐsītuō'ěr

布里斯托尔

[布里斯托爾]

Bristol port city in southwest England

Aěrbāníyà

阿尔巴尼亚

[阿爾巴尼亞]

Albania

Kē'ěrkèzīzú

柯尔克孜族

[柯爾克孜族]

Kyrghiz ethnic group of Xinjiang

Qíqíhā'ěrshì

齐齐哈尔市

[齊齊哈爾市]

Qiqihar, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng) in northeast China

Dá'ěrmǎtíyà

达尔马提亚

[達爾馬提亞]

Dalmatia, Croatian region on the eastern coast of Adriatic Sea

Sà'ěrbùlükěn

萨尔布吕肯

[薩爾布呂肯]

Saarbrücken, capital of Saarland, Germany

Qiē'ěrnuòbèilì

切尔诺贝利

[切爾諾貝利]

Chernobyl

Bā'ěrduōlùmào

巴尔多禄茂

[巴爾多祿茂]

Bartholomew

Xīn Hǎnbùshí'ěr

新罕布什尔

[新罕布什爾]

New Hampshire, US state

Eěrbùlǔshì

厄尔布鲁士

[厄爾布魯士]

Mt Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains

Aěrtàishānmài

阿尔泰山脉

[阿爾泰山脈]

Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia

Bù'ěrshíwéikè

布尔什维克

[布爾什維克]

Bolshevik

Bā'ěrkāshí Hú

巴尔喀什湖

[巴爾喀什湖]

Lake Balkhash in southeast Kazakhstan

Aìsēnháowēi'ěr

艾森豪威尔

[艾森豪威爾]

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961

Aìmòlìwéi'ěr

爱莫利维尔

[愛莫利維爾]

Emeryville, city on San Fransico Bay, California

Aò'ěrbùlàitè

奥尔布赖特

[奧爾布賴特]

Madeleine Albright (1937-), former US Secretary of State

Wéi'ěrfúléizī

韦尔弗雷兹

[韋爾弗雷茲]

(George) Wehrfritz (Beijing bureau chief of Newsweek)

Tǔ'ěrqísītǎn

土尔其斯坦

[土爾其斯坦]

Turkestan

gāo'ěrfūqiúchǎng

高尔夫球场

[高爾夫球場]

golf course

Jí'ěrjísīzú

吉尔吉斯族

[吉爾吉斯族]

Kyrgyz ethnic group
also written 柯爾克孜族／柯尔克孜族 ( Kē'ěrkèzīzú)

Dá'ěrwénzhǔyì

达尔文主义

[達爾文主義]

Darwinism

Afǎ'ěr Shāmò

阿法尔沙漠

[阿法爾沙漠]

Afar Desert, Southern Ethiopia

Huò'ěrmùzī Dǎo

霍尔木兹岛

[霍爾木茲島]

Hormuz Island, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf

Mǐdé'ěrbólǐ

米德尔伯里

[米德爾伯里]

Middlebury (College)

Aī'ěrnándésī

埃尔南德斯

[埃爾南德斯]

Hernández (name)

Nàwǎtè'ěryǔ

纳瓦特尔语

[納瓦特爾語]

Nahuatl (language)

Sīdégē'ěrmó

斯德哥尔摩

[斯德哥爾摩]

Stockholm, capital of Sweden

Aěrtàixuějī

阿尔泰雪鸡

[阿爾泰雪雞]

(bird species of China) Altai snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)

Afúlè'ěr Hào

阿芙乐尔号

[阿芙樂爾號]

Russian cruiser Aurora, firing the shot signaling the 1917 revolution, a favorite of communist iconography

Zhǔngá'ěr Péndì

准噶尔盆地

[準噶爾盆地]

Junggar Basin, northern Xinjiang

Akǎpǔ'ěrkē

阿卡普尔科

[阿卡普爾科]

Acapulco, city in Mexico

Bǐlèfèi'ěrdé

比勒费尔德

[比勒費爾德]

Bielefeld (city in Germany)

Aì'ěrmǐtǎshí

艾尔米塔什

[艾爾米塔什]

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

Eěrqísī Hé

额尔齐斯河

[額爾齊斯河]

Irtysh River, flowing from southwest Altai in Xinjiang through Kazakhstan and Siberia to the Arctic Ocean

kuāxiūkě'ěrzhèng

夸休可尔症

[誇休可爾症]

kwashiorkor (medicine)

Eěrduōsī Shì

鄂尔多斯市

[鄂爾多斯市]

Ordos prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

Lāshímò'ěr Shān

拉什莫尔山

[拉什莫爾山]

Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota

Wǎ'ěrdákè Shěng

瓦尔达克省

[瓦爾達克省]

Wardak (Afghan province)

Yàsù'ěr Qúndǎo

亚速尔群岛

[亞速爾群島]

Azores Islands

Fú'ěrjiāgélè

伏尔加格勒

[伏爾加格勒]

Volgograd, Russian city on the Volga River 伏爾加河／伏尔加河 ( Fú'ěrjiā Hé)

Aì'ěrmǐtǎjī

艾尔米塔奇

[艾爾米塔奇]

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

Bèi'ěr Shíyànshì

贝尔实验室

[貝爾實驗室]

Bell Labs

Xī'ěrnèikēsī

希尔内科斯

[希爾內科斯]

Kirkenes (city in Finnmark, Norway)

Gélènuòbù'ěr

格勒诺布尔

[格勒諾布爾]

Grenoble (French town)

Aěrtàizǐwǎn

阿尔泰紫菀

[阿爾泰紫菀]

(botany) Aster altaicus

Mó'ěrsīdiànmǎ

摩尔斯电码

[摩爾斯電碼]

Morse code

Xīnnánwēi'ěrshì

新南威尔士

[新南威爾士]

New South Wales, southeast Australian state

kèlǐ'ào'ěryǔ

克里奥尔语

[克里奧爾語]

creole language

Eěrgǔnàshì

额尔古纳市

[額爾古納市]

Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾／呼伦贝尔 ( Hūlúnbèi'ěr), Inner Mongolia

Aòsīwǎ'ěrdé

奥斯瓦尔德

[奧斯瓦爾德]

Oswald

Sàishé'ěr Qúndǎo

塞舌尔群岛

[塞舌爾群島]

the Seychelles

Mò'ěrsīdiànmǎ

莫尔斯电码

[莫爾斯電碼]

Morse code

Jí'ěrjísītǎn

吉尔吉斯坦

[吉爾吉斯坦]

Kyrgyzstan

Shèngsà'ěrwǎduō

圣萨尔瓦多

[聖薩爾瓦多]

San Salvador, capital of El Salvador

Bùhénwǎ'ěrdé

布痕瓦尔德

[布痕瓦爾德]

Buchenwald

Huò'ěrbùlǔkè

霍尔布鲁克

[霍爾布魯克]

Holbrook (name)
Richard C.A. Holbrooke (1941-2010), US diplomat, influential in brokering 1995 Dayton Bosnian peace deal, US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2009

Wòkèsīháo'ěr

沃克斯豪尔

[沃克斯豪爾]