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厌

yàn

HSK 4 Character Traditional 厭

What 厌 means

1. bound formto loathe; to be fed up with
2. literaryto satiate; to satisfy

Example sentences

• 讨厌。
  Charming.
• 猫讨厌水
  Māo tǎoyàn shuǐ
  Cats hate water.
• 我讨厌！
  I hate it!
• 贪得无厌。
  Tāndéwúyàn.
  Insatiably greedy.
• 我厌恶他。
  I am disgusted with him.
• 猫讨厌水。
  Cats don't like water.

Words starting with 厌

• 厌恶yàn wùto loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth
• 厌倦yàn juànto be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with
• 厌烦yàn fánbored; fed up with sth; sick of sth
• 厌学yàn xuéto be weary of studying; to have developed an aversion to studying
• 厌世yàn shìworld-weary; pessimistic
• 厌女yàn nǚmisogyny; ideological or cultural hostility toward women
• 厌恨yàn hènto hate; to detest
• 厌战yàn zhànto be weary of war; (fig.) to lose one's desire to continue to fight…
• 厌弃yàn qìto spurn; to reject
• 厌气yàn qìfed up with; loathsome
• 厌氧yàn yǎnganaerobic
• 厌薄yàn bóto despise; to look down upon sth
• 厌食yàn shíanorexia
• 厌女症yàn nǚ zhèngmisogyny (rhetorical term framing misogyny as a social or ideological pathology)
• 厌食症yàn shí zhènganorexia
• 厌氧菌yàn yǎng jūnanaerobic bacteria
• 厌腻yàn nìto detest; to abhor
• 厌酷球孢子菌yàn kù qiú bāo zǐ jūnCoccidioides immitis

Words containing 厌

• 讨厌tǎo yànto dislike; to loathe; disagreeable
• 不厌其烦bù yàn qí fánnot to mind taking all the trouble (idiom); to take great pains; to be very patient
• 贪得无厌tān dé wú yànavaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
• 喜新厌旧xǐ xīn yàn jiùlit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people…
• 不厌bù yànnot to tire of; not to object to
• 会厌huì yànepiglottis
• 生厌shēng yànto disgust; to pall; fed up
• 讨人厌tǎo rén yànhorrid
• 讨厌鬼tǎo yàn guǐdisgusting person; slob
• 女性厌恶nǚ xìng yàn wùmisogyny
• 学而不厌xué ér bù yànstudy tirelessly (idiom, from Analects)
• 男性厌恶nán xìng yàn wùmisandry
• 精神性厌食症jīng shén xìng yàn shí zhènganorexia nervosa
• 嫌厌xián yànto loathe
• 会厌炎huì yàn yánepiglottitis
• 兵不厌诈bīng bù yàn zhà(idiom) deception is justified in war
• 惹人厌rě rén yànannoying; disgusting
• 贪求无厌tān qiú wú yàninsatiably greedy (idiom)
• 憎厌zēng yànto loathe
• 人憎狗厌rén zēng gǒu yàndetestable (wordplay based on 神憎鬼厌
• 神憎鬼厌shén zēng guǐ yàn(idiom) despicable; loathsome
• 贪婪无厌tān lán wú yànavaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
• 贪猥无厌tān wěi wú yànavaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
• 诛求无厌zhū qiú wú yàn(idiom) to relentlessly make excessive demands

Characters that look like 厌

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

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• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 沃wòfertile; rich; to irrigate
• 庆qìngto celebrate
• 伏fúto lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)
• 辰chén5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon…

Sounds the same

Read yàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 验to examine; to test; to check
• 宴(bound form) to entertain at a banquet; (bound form) banquet; feast; (literary) peaceful…
• 艳bright; fresh and attractive; glamorous; (bound form) amorous; romantic…
• 咽to swallow
• 焰flame
• 燕swallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of 宴
• 雁wild goose
• 彦accomplished; elegant
• 砚ink-stone
• 晏late; quiet
• 堰weir
• 滟tossing of billows