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阏氏

yān zhī

2-character word Traditional 閼氏

What 阏氏 means

1. formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

The characters in 阏氏

• 阏èto block; to restrain; to control
• 氏shì(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏; (bound form) maiden name; née…

Sounds the same

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

• 胭脂rouge
• 焉知(literary) how is one to know?
• 腌汁marinade (sauce)