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厌 yàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yàn | yan4
English translation
to loathe
to dislike, to detest; to reject; to satiate

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About 厌 yàn

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

厭 yàn

Contains the radical

厂 hǎn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

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Etymology of 厌 yàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿸厂犬

Semantic compound

厂 hǎn

Phonetic compound

犬 quǎn

Explanation

Simplified form of 厭 yàn . Pictograph of a dog (犬 quǎn ) with a piece of meat (肉 ròu ) in its mouth (口 kǒu ). Based on the original meaning "satiated". The meaning later shifted to "be fed up with" and "dislike". The traditional component 肉 ròu was removed for simplification.

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Example sentences using 厌 yàn

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他们 tā men 一直 yīzhí 想 xiǎng 把 bǎ 所有 suǒyǒu 讨厌 tǎoyàn 的 de 工作 gōngzuò 再次 zài cì 往 wǎng 我 wǒ 身上 shēn shang 推 tuī .

They've been trying to push all the unpleasant jobs on me again.

我 wǒ 终因无聊 wúliáo 厌烦 yàn fán ,憋 biē 得 dé 面 miàn 呈 chéng 死 sǐ 色 sè .

My face turns dead with boredom.

我们 wǒmen 对 duì 这 zhè 景象 jǐng xiàng 看厌了 le , 就 jiù 慢慢 màn màn 地 de 逛进去,走进 zǒu jìn 林生村.

When we were tired of this sight, we wandered slowly into Ringsend.

他 tā 说话 shuōhuà 啰唆 luōsuō ,叫 jiào 我们 wǒmen 烦 fán 厌 yàn .

We became bored with his verbosity.

最 zuì 好 hǎo 别 Bié 呆得太久而 ér 惹 rě 人 rén 讨厌 tǎoyàn , 特别 tèbié 是 shì 初次 chū cì 拜访 bàifǎng .

It's better not to outstay one's welcome, especially on a first visit.

Words with 厌 yàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
讨厌 tǎoyàn to dislike討厭
厌倦 yàn juàn to be weary of厭倦
厌恶 yànwù to loathe厭惡
厌 yàn to loathe厭 yàn
厌烦 yàn fán bored厭煩
不厌其烦 bù yàn qí fán to take great pains不厭其煩
厌氧 yàn yǎng anaerobic厭氧
厌食 yàn shí anorexia厭食
喜新厌旧 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old喜新厭舊
厌食症 yàn shí zhèng anorexia厭食症
厌世 yàn shì world-weary厭世
贪得无厌 tān dé wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied貪得無厭
会厌 huì yàn epiglottis會厭
生厌 shēng yàn to disgust生厭
厌弃 yàn qì to spurn厭棄
惹人厌 rě rén yàn annoying惹人厭
兵不厌诈 bīng bù yàn zhà all's fair in war兵不厭詐
百听不厌 bǎi tīng bù yàn worth hearing a hundred times百聽不厭
学而不厌 xué ér bù yàn study tirelessly (idiom, from Analects)學而不厭
百读不厌 bǎi dú bù yàn to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom)百讀不厭
厌恨 yàn hèn to hate厭恨
憎厌 zēng yàn to loathe憎厭
厌气 yàn qì fed up with厭氣
会厌炎 huì yàn yán epiglottitis會厭炎

厌 yàn Decomposition & Compounds

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厌 yàn Decomposition

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厌 yàn Compounds

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