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盐

yán

HSK 4 Character Traditional 鹽 Measure word 粒

What 盐 means

1. salt

Example sentences

• 没盐了。
  There is no salt left.
• 盐没了。
  There is no salt left.
• 没有盐。
  There's no salt.
• 请给我盐。
  Pass me the salt, please.
• 还有盐吗？
  Is there any salt left?
• 盐还有吗？
  Is there any salt left?

Words starting with 盐

• 盐水yán shuǐsalt water; brine
• 盐井yán jǐngsalt well; brine well dug for salt production
• 盐分yán fènsalt content
• 盐场yán chǎngsaltpan; saltbed
• 盐巴yán bātable salt
• 盐度yán dùsalinity
• 盐池Yán chíYanchi county in Ningxia; a saltpan
• 盐湖yán húsalt lake
• 盐滩yán tānsalt flats; salt lake
• 盐田yán tiánsaltpan
• 盐酸yán suānhydrochloric acid
• 盐城市Yán chéng ShìYancheng, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江苏省
• 盐山县Yán shān XiànYanshan, a county in Cangzhou City 沧州市
• 盐成土yán chéng tǔhalosol (soil taxonomy)
• 盐池县Yán chí XiànYanchi, a county in Wuzhong City 吴忠市
• 盐津县Yán jīn XiànYanjin, a county in Zhaotong City 昭通市
• 盐湖区Yán hú QūYanhu, a district of Yuncheng City 运城市
• 盐湖城Yán hú chéngSalt Lake City, capital of Utah
• 盐源县Yán yuán XiànYanyuan, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 凉山彝族自治州
• 盐田区Yán tián QūYantian, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市
• 盐肤木yán fū mùChinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)
• 盐边县Yán biān XiànYanbian, a county in Panzhihua City 攀枝花市
• 盐都区Yán dū QūYandu, a district of Yancheng City 盐城市
• 盐酸盐yán suān yánchloride; hydrochloride (chemistry)

Words containing 盐

• 食盐shí yánedible salt; table salt
• 柴米油盐chái mǐ yóu yán(lit.) firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom); (fig.) life's daily necessities
• 海盐hǎi yánsea salt
• 井盐jǐng yánsalt produced by evaporating brine drawn from wells
• 官盐guān yánlegally-traded salt (with salt tax paid)
• 岩盐yán yánrock salt
• 池盐chí yánsalt from a salt lake
• 浴盐yù yánbath salts
• 石盐shí yánrock salt
• 矿盐kuàng yánhalite
• 私盐sī yánillegally-traded salt (with salt tax not paid)
• 粗盐cū yáncoarse salt; rock salt
• 细盐xì yánrefined salt; table salt
• 杂盐zá yáncarnallite (hydrated potassium magnesium chloride mineral)
• 再制盐zài zhì yánrefined salt
• 海盐县Hǎi yán XiànHaiyan, a county in Jiaxing City 嘉兴市
• 无机盐wú jī yáninorganic salt
• 碳酸盐tàn suān yáncarbonate salt (chemistry)
• 酸式盐suān shì yánacid salt
• 餐桌盐cān zhuō yántable salt
• 油盐不进yóu yán bù jìn(idiom) impervious to persuasion; unreceptive; impossible to get through to
• 温盐环流wēn yán huán liú(oceanography) thermohaline circulation
• 生理盐水shēng lǐ yán shuǐsaline (medicine)
• 重碳酸盐chóng tàn suān yánbicarbonate

Characters that look like 盐

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

• 盈yíngfull; filled; surplus
• 盆pénbasin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗
• 氢qīnghydrogen (chemistry)
• 盎àng(literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth…
• 盔kuīhelmet
• 盅zhōnghandleless cup; goblet

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
• 延to prolong; to extend; to delay
• 沿along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on
• 炎flame; inflammation; -itis
• 岩cliff; rock
• 妍beautiful
• 檐eaves; ledge or brim
• 阎(literary) the gate of a lane
• 筵bamboo mat for sitting