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焰

yàn

HSK 6 Character

What 焰 means

1. flame

Other readings

焰 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yànvariant of {焰|yàn}

Example sentences

• 天空被焰火点亮。
  Tiānkōng bèi yànhuǒ diǎnliàng.
  The sky was ablaze with fireworks.
• 这些焰火真壮观！
  Zhèxiē yànhuǒ zhēn zhuàngguān!
  These fireworks are spectacular!
• 硫磺燃烧着蓝色的火焰。
  Liúhuáng ránshāo zhe lánsè de huǒyàn.
  Sulfur burns with a blue flame.
• 从那儿很容易就能看到焰火。
  Cóng nàr hěn róngyì jiù néng kàn dào yànhuǒ.
  It's easy to see the fireworks from over there.
• 天一黑，就会开始放焰火了。
  Tiān yī hēi, jiù huì kāishǐ fàng yànhuǒ le.
  As soon as it gets dark, the fireworks will start.
• 用本生灯加热钾，火焰就会呈现淡紫色。
  Potassium, heated with a Bunsen burner, gives the flame a lilac color.

Words starting with 焰

• 焰火yàn huǒfireworks

Words containing 焰

• 火焰huǒ yànblaze; flame
• 烈焰liè yànraging flames
• 气焰qì yànarrogance; haughtiness
• 火焰山huǒ yàn shānMountain of Flames of legend; fig. insurmountable obstacle…
• 凶焰xiōng yànferocity; aggressive arrogance
• 放焰口fàng yàn kǒuto feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit)
• 火焰喷射器huǒ yàn pēn shè qìflamethrower
• 嚣张气焰xiāo zhāng qì yàn(idiom) overweening attitude; threatening manner
• 萤焰yíng yànlight of firefly; firefly
• 众人拾柴火焰高zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo(lit.) when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb)…
• 气焰嚣张qì yàn xiāo zhāngsee 嚣张气焰

Characters built on 臽

These share the phonetic component 臽 (xiàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 阎yán(literary) the gate of a lane
• 谄chǎnto flatter; to cajole
• 萏dànlotus

Characters that look like 焰

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

• 掘juéto dig
• 焙bèito dry over a fire; to bake
• 馅xiànfilling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)
• 掐qiāto pick (flowers); to pinch; to nip
• 鹃juāncuckoo
• 鹊quèmagpie

Sounds the same

Read yàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 验to examine; to test; to check
• 厌(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with; (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
• 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
• 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