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胭脂

yān zhī

2-character word

What 胭脂 means

1. rouge

The characters in 胭脂

• 胭yānrouge
• 脂zhīfat; rouge (cosmetics); resin

Words starting with 胭脂

• 胭脂虫yān zhī chóngcochineal insect
• 胭脂鱼yān zhī yúChinese high-fin banded shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus)

Sounds the same

Read yān zhī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 焉知(literary) how is one to know?
• 腌汁marinade (sauce)
• 阏氏formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)