餌
ěr

bait

饵 (餌) ěr
bait punctuation
food or an object used to attract and catch fish or other animals

他在钩上挂了点儿饵，准备钓鱼。

tā zài gōu shàng guà le diǎn r ěr, zhǔn​bèi diào​yú.

He put some bait on the hook and got ready to fish.

pastry noun
cakes or food items made from ground grain or flour

这种米饵是当地非常有名的特产。

zhè zhǒng mǐ ěr shì dāng​dì fēi​cháng yǒu​míng de tè​chǎn.

This kind of rice bait is a very famous local specialty.

to lure noun
to entice or attract someone, often to lead them into a trap

将军计划以小利饵之，诱敌深入。

jiāng​jūn jì​huà yǐ xiǎo lì ěr zhī, yòu​dí​shēn​rù.

The general planned to use small gains as bait to lure the enemy deeper.

to swallow noun
to eat, ingest, or take orally, particularly medicine or pills

古人讲究服饵之术，以求长生不老。

gǔ​rén jiǎng​jiu fú ěr zhī shù, yǐ​qiú cháng​shēng​bù​lǎo.

Ancient people believed in the art of consuming elixirs to seek immortality.

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,135th most common 8.25 per million
Movie subtitles
2,524th most common 8.30 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.33 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.27 per million

Details
Simplified
饵
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+990C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)