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胭

yān

Character

What 胭 means

1. rouge

Other readings

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

• yānvariant of {胭|yān}

Words starting with 胭

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

Characters built on 月

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

• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 胺àn(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 膳shànmeals
• 腩nǎnbrisket; belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
• 潸shāntearfully
• 膻shān(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻

Characters that look like 胭

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

• 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 脂zhīfat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 贿huì(bound form) bribery
• 胴dònglarge intestine; torso
• 猕míused in 猕猴
• 骐qí(literary) black horse

Sounds the same

Read yān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 烟cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist
• 淹to flood; to submerge; to drown
• 焉where; how
• 殷dark red
• 阉to castrate; a castrate; neuter
• 嫣(literary) lovely; sweet
• 腌to salt; to pickle; to cure (meat)
• 咽throat; pharynx; narrow pass
• 湮(literary) to sink into oblivion; (literary) to silt up; Taiwan pr. yīn
• 啱correct; suitable; to suit sb
• 鄢used in 鄢陵
• 恹used in 恹恹