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蜒

yán

Character

What 蜒 means

1. slug
2. used in {蜿蜒|wān yán}

Example sentences

• 蜿蜒的小路爬上了陡坡。
  Wānyán de xiǎolù páshàng le dǒupō.
  The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
• 这条小路沿着陡峭的斜坡蜿蜒而上。
  Zhè tiáo xiǎolù yánzhe dǒuqiào de xiépō wānyán ér shàng.
  The path zigzagged up the steep slope.

Words starting with 蜒

• 蜒蚰yán yóu(dialect) a slug

Words containing 蜒

• 蜿蜒wān yán(of a snake) to wriggle along; (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind
• 蜗蜒wō yánsnail
• 蚰蜒yóu yánhouse centipede
• 蚰蜒路yóu yan lùlit. centipede's path; fig. narrow winding road

Characters built on 延

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

• 诞dànbirth; birthday; brag
• 筵yánbamboo mat for sitting
• 埏shānto mix water with clay

Characters that look like 蜒

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

• 概gài(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically…
• 骰tóudice
• 蛎lìoyster
• 蜓tíngsee 蜻蜓
• 蛭zhìfluke; leech; hirudinea
• 蜈wúused in 蜈蚣

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
• 盐salt
• 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