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yàn

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yàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yàn | yan4
English translation
flame
variant of yàn [yàn]
flame, blaze; glowing, blazing

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About yàn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

yàn

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of yàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

火臽

Semantic compound

Huǒ

Phonetic compound

xiàn

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Example sentences using yàn

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火焰 huǒyàn Zhí cuàn 天空 tiānkōng .

Flames were soaring into the sky.

Ào ! tuán huì 说话 shuōhuà de 火焰 huǒyàn . dài dào 那个 nà ge 最甜 de 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai 那里 nà li !

ZC Enters the house a fire. But, there underground passage here!

制造 zhìzào shí , wéi 安装 ānzhuāng 纵梁 zòng liáng yuán , zài 箱型梁中 yòng yàn kāi 槽口.

During fabrication slots for the stringers flanges were flame cut into box girders.

gāng wàng 炉火 lú huǒ , zhēng 茫然 mángrán 凝视 níngshì zhāo 火焰 huǒyàn ,这时 zhè shí yǒu 个人 gèrén chuǎng le 进来 jìn lái .

He had just poked up the fire and was staring blankly at the flames when someone burst in.

chuí 击之 yàn : 魔焰 duì 物体 wù tǐ 造成 zàochéng 正常 zhèngcháng 伤害 shānghài .

Hammer Blast: Eldritch blast deals normal damage to objects.

Words with yàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
火焰 huǒyàn blaze火焰 huǒyàn
焰火 yàn huǒ fireworks焰火 yàn huǒ
yàn flame yàn
烈焰 liè yàn raging flames烈焰 liè yàn
气焰 qì yàn arrogance氣焰
火焰山 huǒ yàn shān Mountain of Flames of legend火焰山 huǒ yàn shān
凶焰 xiōng yàn ferocity凶焰 xiōng yàn
嚣张气焰 xiāo zhāng qì yàn overweening attitude囂張氣焰
放焰口 fàng yàn kǒu to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit)放焰口 fàng yàn kǒu

yàn Decomposition & Compounds

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yàn Decomposition

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