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yān

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yān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yān | yan1
English translation
to block up; to sink; to stain

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About yān

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

yān

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A dammed  yīn stream  shuǐ yīn also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of yān

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵垔

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Example sentences using yān

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zhè wèi 作者 zuòzhě Hòu hěn duō Nián ,名字 míngzi 一直 yīzhí 湮没无 Wén .

The writer's name remained in eclipse for many years after his death.

Néng ràng 这种 zhè zhǒng 好人好事 hǎo rén hǎo shì 湮没无闻 yān mò wú wén .

I can't let this act of kindness go unnoticed.

可是 kěshì 那些 nà xiē 殉难者 de 事迹 shìjì 却是 què shì 永远 yǒngyuǎn 湮没 yān mò Wén .

But the deeds of those who perished will never be known.

Words with yān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
湮灭 yīn miè to destroy湮滅
湮没 yān mò to bury湮沒
yān to bury yān
湮没无闻 yān mò wú wén to pass into oblivion湮沒無聞

yān Decomposition & Compounds

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