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艳

yàn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 豔

What 艳 means

1. bright; fresh and attractive; glamorous
2. bound formamorous; romantic
3. literaryto admire; to envy

Other readings

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

• yànvariant of {艳|yàn}
• yànvariant of {艳|yàn}
• yànold variant of {艳|yàn}

Example sentences

• 他被惊艳到了。
  He was amazed.
• 昨天去酒吧有艳遇吗？
  Did you have any romantic encounter at the bar last night?
• 他看见色彩鲜艳的鸟、花朵和树叶。
  Tā kànjiàn sècǎi xiānyàn de niǎo, huāduǒ hé shùyè.
  He saw brightly-colored birds, flowers and leaves.
• 和这幅比起上来，那幅画的色彩鲜艳多了。
  Hé zhè fú bǐqǐ shànglái, nà fú huà de sècǎi xiānyàn duō le.
  The picture is colorful in contrast with this one.
• 随氧化变成蓝色，最终呈现出鲜艳的红紫色。
  As it oxidizes, the color turns blue and finally becomes a brilliant reddish-purple hue.

Words starting with 艳

• 艳丽yàn lìgorgeous; garish and beautiful
• 艳羡yàn xiàn(literary) to admire; to envy
• 艳阳天yàn yáng tiānbright sunny day; blazing hot day
• 艳情yàn qíngromantic love; romance; erotic (novel etc)
• 艳照yàn zhàonude picture
• 艳福yàn fúluck with women
• 艳舞yàn wǔerotic dance
• 艳色yàn sèbeauty; glamor; voluptuousness
• 艳诗yàn shīerotic verse
• 艳遇yàn yùencounter with a beautiful woman; romance; affair
• 艳红色yàn hóng sècrimson
• 艳如桃李yàn rú táo lǐlit. beautiful as peach and prune; fig. radiant beauty
• 艳冶yàn yěbewitching; beautiful

Words containing 艳

• 鲜艳xiān yànbright-colored; gaily-colored
• 美艳měi yànbeautiful and alluring; glamorous; gorgeous
• 妖艳yāo yànpretty and flirtatious
• 娇艳jiāo yàntender and beautiful
• 香艳xiāng yànalluring; erotic; romantic
• 浓妆艳抹nóng zhuāng yàn mǒto apply makeup conspicuously (idiom); dressed to the nines and wearing makeup
• 冷艳lěng yàn(of a woman) beautiful but aloof
• 光艳guāng yànbright and colorful; gorgeous
• 吐艳tǔ yànto burst into bloom
• 哀艳āi yàn(of poetry etc) plaintive and beautiful; poignant
• 浓艳nóng yàn(of colors) garish; rich
• 猎艳liè yànto chase women; to express oneself in a pompous flowery style
• 竞艳jìng yànvying to be the most glamorous; each more gorgeous than the other; beauty contest
• 粉艳fěn yàndelicate colors (of a woman's complexion, a flower etc)
• 惊艳jīng yànvery impressed; stunned; amazed; to astonish; to impress greatly
• 红艳艳hóng yàn yànbrilliant red
• 冶艳yě yànbewitching; beautiful
• 争妍斗艳zhēng yán dòu yàncontending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc)…
• 秦淮八艳Qín huái bā yànthe famous eight beautiful and talented courtesans who lived near the Qinhuai River 秦淮河

Characters that look like 艳

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

• 绝juéto cut short; extinct; to disappear
• 胞bāoplacenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 袍páogown (lined)
• 铯sècesium (chemistry)
• 跄qiāngwalk rapidly
• 桤qīalder

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…
• 咽to swallow
• 焰flame
• 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