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yán

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yán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yán | yan2
English translation
millipede

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About yán

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

yán

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

insect

Etymology of yán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

虫延

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

Yán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chóng represents the meaning and Yán represents the sound.

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Example sentences using yán

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蜿蜒 wān yán de Duàn huá wéi 游泳 yóuyǒng Ōu .

One part of the Serpentine is kept for swimmers.

Lán 蜻蜒,绿蜻蜒 tíng zài 空中 kōng zhōng , dòng 不动 bù dòng , zhè gēng 增加 zēngjiā le 这里 zhè lǐ de 神秘 shénmì 气氛 qìfēn .

Blue and green dragonflies, poised in the air, added to the enchantment.

普京 Pǔ jīng duì 聚集 jù jí zài zhè zuò 城市 chéngshì de 蜿蜒 wān yán 的涅瓦 pàn de 世界 shìjiè 各国 gè guó 领导人 lǐng dǎo rén 这样 zhè yàng 说道 shuō dào .

Putin told world leaders gathering along the city's winding Neva River.

银刺地带 dì dài 那儿 nà r de 海岸线 hǎi àn xiàn 曲折 qūzhé 蜿蜒 wān yán .

The bay shore of the silverthorn tract was very irregular.

zhè tiáo 小路 xiǎo lù 弯弯曲曲 wān wān qū qū de 顺着 shùn zhe 峡谷 xiágǔ dǒu 削的 xià 蜿蜒 wān yán ér xià .

The trail zigzagged down the abrupt descent of the canyon.

Words with yán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蜿蜒 wān yán to wriggle蜿蜒 wān yán
yán slug yán
蚰蜒 yóu yan earwig蚰蜒 yóu yan

yán Decomposition & Compounds

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