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yàn

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yàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yàn | yan4
English translation
variant of yàn
> yàn [yàn]
to examine
to test
to check
to examine, to inspect, to test, to verify

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About yàn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

yàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

horse

Etymology of yàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

马佥

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

qiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and qiān represents the sound. Simplified form of yàn .

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Example sentences using yàn

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这次测验 cèyàn shì 显示 xiǎnshì 知识 zhīshi de hǎo 机会 jīhuì .

The quiz was a good opportunity for the exhibition of his knowledge.

中微子实 zǐ shí yàn 已经 yǐjīng gěi le 我们 wǒmen 许多 xǔduō 关于 guānyú kuā 性质 xìngzhì de 知识 zhīshi .

Neutrino experiments have yielded much of our information on the properties of quarks.

富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín de 实验 shíyàn 表明 biǎomíng 闪电 shǎndiàn shì zhǒng 放电 fàng diàn .

Franklin's experiments showed that the lightning is an electrical discharge.

zài xià 试验 shìyàn shí 需要 xūyào 注入 zhù rù 比重 bǐzhòng jiào Gāo de suān .

The next trail would require a slightly higher filling density acid.

zài 实验室 shí yàn shì dūn jiù shì 好几 hǎo jǐ 小时 xiǎoshí .

He would stay for hours at a stretch in the laboratory.

Words with yàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
经验 jīngyàn experience經驗
实验 shíyàn test實驗
实验室 shí yàn shì laboratory實驗室
试验 shìyàn test試驗
体验 tǐyàn to experience for oneself體驗
检验 jiǎnyàn to inspect檢驗
考验 kǎoyàn to test考驗
验尸 yàn shī autopsy驗屍
验证 yànzhèng to inspect and verify驗證
测验 cèyàn test測驗
yàn to test yàn
化验 huàyàn chemical examination化驗
验收 yànshōu acceptance驗收
验血 yàn xuè to do a blood test驗血
查验 chá yàn inspection查驗
应验 yìng yàn to come true應驗
核试验 hé shì yàn nuclear test核試驗
灵验 líng yàn efficacious靈驗
民意测验 mín yì cè yàn opinion poll民意測驗
验光 yàn guāng optometry驗光
验货 yàn huò inspection of goods驗貨

yàn Decomposition & Compounds

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yàn Decomposition

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