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炎

yán

HSK 6 Character

What 炎 means

1. flame
2. inflammation
3. -itis

Example sentences

• 他的肚脐发炎了。
  Tā de dùqí fāyán le.
  He had an infection in his belly button.
• 西西里的夏天炎热。
  Xīxīlǐ de xiàtiān yánrè.
  Sicily is hot in summer.
• 这里夏天非常炎热。
  It is very hot here in summer.
• 我去年得了中耳炎。
  I had otitis media last year.
• 今天下午非常炎热。
  It was very hot this afternoon.
• 我不在乎炎热的天气。
  Wǒ bù zàihu yánrè de tiānqì.
  I don't mind hot weather.

Words starting with 炎

• 炎热yán rèblistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)
• 炎症yán zhènginflammation
• 炎炎yán yánscorching
• 炎黄子孙Yán Huáng zǐ sūndescendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)
• 炎帝Yán dìFlame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神农
• 炎夏yán xiàhot summer; scorching summer
• 炎性yán xìnginflammatory (medicine)
• 炎性反应yán xìng fǎn yìnginflammation response
• 炎帝陵Yán dì língFiery Emperor's tomb in Yanling county, Zhuzhou 株洲, Hunan
• 炎陵县Yán líng XiànYanling, a county in Zhuzhou City 株洲市
• 炎亚纶Yán Yà lúnAaron Yan (1986-), Taiwanese singer
• 炎陵Yán língsee 炎陵县

Words containing 炎

• 发炎fā yánto become inflamed; inflammation
• 肺炎fèi yánpneumonia; inflammation of the lungs
• 皮炎pí yándermatitis
• 肝炎gān yánhepatitis
• 前列腺炎qián liè xiàn yánprostatitis
• 关节炎guān jié yánarthritis
• 气管炎qì guǎn yánbacterial tracheitis…
• 消炎xiāo yánto reduce fever; antipyretic; to decrease inflammation
• 消炎药xiāo yán yàoanti-inflammatory medicine
• 鼻炎bí yánrhinitis
• 肾炎shèn yánkidney inflammation; nephritis
• 胃炎wèi yángastritis
• 阑尾炎lán wěi yánappendicitis (medicine)
• 脑炎nǎo yánencephalitis
• 膜炎mó yáninflammation of membrane; membranitis
• 阳炎yáng yándazzling sunlight; glare of sunlight
• 中耳炎zhōng ěr yáninflammation of middle ear; otitis media
• 司马炎Sī mǎ YánSima Yan (236–290), founder and first emperor (265–290) of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋
• 抗炎性kàng yán xìnganti-inflammatory (medicine)
• 会厌炎huì yàn yánepiglottitis
• 消炎片xiāo yán piànantipyretic tablet (to reduce fever), such as sulfanilamide
• 牙周炎yá zhōu yánperiodontitis (gum disorder)
• 甲沟炎jiǎ gōu yánparonychia (medicine)
• 章太炎Zhāng Tài yánZhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual…

Characters that look like 炎

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

• 类lèikind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble…
• 吴Wúsurname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai…
• 灸jiǔmoxibustion (TCM)
• 昊hàovast and limitless; the vast sky
• 炙zhìto broil; to roast
• 荚jiápod (botany)

Sounds the same

Read yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 颜color; face; countenance
• 言words; speech; to say
• 研to grind; study; research
• 严tight (closely sealed); stern; strict
• 盐salt
• 延to prolong; to extend; to delay
• 沿along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on
• 岩cliff; rock
• 妍beautiful
• 檐eaves; ledge or brim
• 阎(literary) the gate of a lane
• 筵bamboo mat for sitting