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On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

yán ㄧㄢˊ

    • along
    • to follow (a line, tradition etc)
    • to carry on
    • to trim (a border with braid, tape etc)
    • border
    • edge

Other words read yán

In the same tone

  • 言 yán words
  • 盐 yán salt
  • 严 yán tight
  • 岩 yán cliff
  • 檐 yán eaves

All 25 words read yán

yan with other tones

  • 眼 yǎn eye
  • 广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
  • 烟 yān smoke
  • 演 yǎn perform
  • 掩 yǎn conceal

All 97 words read yan in any tone

Other words read yán

In the same tone

  • 言 yán words
  • 鹽 yán salt
  • 嚴 yán tight
  • 岩 yán cliff
  • 檐 yán eaves

All 25 words read yán

yan with other tones

  • 眼 yǎn eye
  • 廣 guǎng wide
  • 煙 yān smoke
  • 菸 yān tobacco
  • 演 yǎn perform

All 97 words read yan in any tone

How 沿 is written

    部首 radical
    氵 a form of 水
    笔画 strokes
    8, with 5 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    氵几口
    形旁 meaning
    氵

    Easy to confuse with 沿

    Words with 沿

    Starting with 沿

    All 17 words starting with 沿

    Ending with 沿

    • 前沿 qiányán forward position
    • 边沿 biānyán edge
    • 床沿 chuángyán edge of a bed

    Containing 沿

    Words with 沿

    Starting with 沿

    All 17 words starting with 沿

    Ending with 沿

    • 前沿 qiányán forward position
    • 邊沿 biānyán edge
    • 床沿 chuángyán edge of a bed

    Containing 沿

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