妍 (yán): beautiful
妍 (yán) is a Chinese character meaning “beautiful.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (structural) and 开 (structural). It ranks #3918 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 妍 a woman 女 who appears forward or open 开. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 她 (tā, she), 好 (hǎo, good).
Definitions
- beautiful
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA woman 女 who appears forward or open 开
Decomposition: ⿰女开 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 争妍斗艳phrase | zhēng yán dòu yàn | contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc) |
| 妍丽 | yán lì | beautiful |
妍 appears in 2 compound words: 50 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 50 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 妍 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
本场比赛,中国队球员张琳艳、李晴潼因伤缺阵,王妍雯则因累积黄牌停赛。
běn chǎng bǐ sài , zhōng guó duì qiú yuán zhāng lín yàn , lǐ qíng 潼 yīn shāng quē zhèn , wáng yán wén zé yīn lèi jī huáng pái tíng sài .
In this match, Chinese players Zhang Linyan and Li Qingtong were sidelined due to injury, while Wang Yanwen was suspended for accumulating yellow cards.
中国滑板选手孟令妍在中秋节迎来自己的13岁生日。
zhōng guó huá bǎn xuǎn shǒu mèng lìng yán zài zhōng qiū jié yíng lái zì jǐ de 1 3 suì shēng rì .
Chinese skateboarder Meng Lingyan celebrated her 13th birthday on the Mid-Autumn Festival.
第70分钟,王霜右路传中,王妍雯头球摆渡,张琳艳门前头球破门,将比分扳为1:1。
dì 7 0 fēn zhōng , wáng shuāng yòu lù chuán zhōng , wáng yán wén tóu qiú bǎi dù , zhāng lín yàn mén qián tóu qiú pò mén , jiāng bǐ fēn bān wéi 1 : 1 .
In the 70th minute, Wang Shuang sent in a cross from the right wing, Wang Yanwen flicked it on with a header, and Zhang Linyan headed it into the net from close range, tying the score at 1–1.
影片由全度妍、薛景求、赵寅成和赵汝贞主演,是李沧东继《燃烧》后的首部长片。
yǐng piàn yóu quán dù yán , xuē jǐng qiú , zhào 寅 chéng hé zhào rǔ zhēn zhǔ yǎn , shì lǐ cāng dōng jì rán shāo hòu de shǒu bù cháng piàn .
Starring Jeon Do-yeon, Seol Kyung-gu, Jo In-sung, and Jo Yu-jeong, the film is Lee Chang-dong’s first feature film since *Burning*.
当素妍和孩子们合唱这首歌时,回想起当年怀龙凤胎时为孩子取名的过往,情绪瞬间涌上心头。
dāng sù yán hé hái zǐ men hé chàng zhè shǒu gē shí , huí xiǎng qǐ dāng nián huái lóng fèng tāi shí wéi hái zǐ qǔ míng de guò wǎng , qíng xù shùn jiān yǒng shàng xīn tóu .
As Su-yeon sang this song with the children, she recalled the time when she was pregnant with twins—a boy and a girl—and was choosing names for them, and her emotions suddenly welled up.
Character Family
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