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发炎

fā yán

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 發炎

What 发炎 means

1. to become inflamed
2. inflammation

The characters in 发炎

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 炎yánflame; inflammation; -itis

Example sentences

• 他的肚脐发炎了。
  Tā de dùqí fāyán le.
  He had an infection in his belly button.

Sounds the same

Read fā yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 发言to make a speech; statement; utterance