PINYIN SYLLABLE
Chinese characters with Pinyin yan
Learn how to write 101 Chinese characters pronounced “yan” across 4 tone-marked pronunciations. Open any character for animated stroke order, words, sentences, and printable practice.
START WITH COMMON CHARACTERS
Common “yan” Chinese characters
The same romanized syllable can represent different characters and tones. These useful HSK vocabulary characters are shown first so learners can begin with everyday Mandarin.
eye
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color
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words
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to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)
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(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with
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tight (closely sealed)
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to grind
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salt
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to examine
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cigarette or pipe tobacco
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to prolong
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along
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced yán
26 dictionary entries use the pronunciation yán, including 颜 (color), 言 (words), 严 (tight (closely sealed)), 研 (to grind), 盐 (salt).
color
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tight (closely sealed)
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to grind
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salt
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to prolong
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along
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flame
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cliff
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surname Yan (sometimes written 閆|闫[Yan2] in recent years)
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eaves
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"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)
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surname Yan
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beautiful
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dangerous
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old variant of 炎[yan2]
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bamboo mat for sitting
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slug
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced yàn
36 dictionary entries use the pronunciation yàn, including 厌 ((bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with), 验 (to examine), 宴 ((bound form) feast), 艳 (colorful), 咽 (throat; pharynx).
(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with
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to examine
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(bound form) feast
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colorful
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throat; pharynx
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flame
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wild goose
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Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning
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accomplished
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ink-stone
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to extend condolences
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late
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proverb
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weir
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tossing of billows
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strong (of tea)
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to decide judicially
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to eat to the full
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false
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced yǎn
22 dictionary entries use the pronunciation yǎn, including 眼 (eye), 演 (to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)), 衍 (to spread out), 掩 (to cover up; to conceal), 沇 (surname Yan).
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to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)
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to spread out
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to cover up; to conceal
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surname Yan
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used in 兗州|兖州[Yan3zhou1]
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suddenly
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majestic
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to hide, to secrete, to repress
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to cover
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river in Zhejiang
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to lie supine
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operculum (Latin: little lid)
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place name
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gem
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foment
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to have a nightmare
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mole
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Chinese characters pronounced yān
17 dictionary entries use the pronunciation yān, including 烟 (cigarette or pipe tobacco), 淹 (to flood), 恹 (used in 懨懨|恹恹[yan1yan1]), 胭 (rouge), 崦 (name of a mountain in Gansu).
cigarette or pipe tobacco
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to flood
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used in 懨懨|恹恹[yan1yan1]
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rouge
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name of a mountain in Gansu
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where
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to wither
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to castrate
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(literary) to sink into oblivion
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to salt
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name of an immortal
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surname Yan
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(literary) lovely; sweet
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PRINTABLE PRACTICE
Practice these yan characters
Create an A4 Tianzige or Mizige worksheet using 12 useful characters from this pronunciation group.
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