Pinyin "yan1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "yan1" is split up into two parts: "y" and "an1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "y"

Y is for Maud Younger.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "an1"

In front of the anthill.

Characters pronounced yan1

烟

煙

ya̅n = y + an1

cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gen1] / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

烟 = 因 + 火 : Maud Younger (y) is giving René Descartes (因) fire (火) for his tobacco (烟) pipe in front of the anthill (an1).

燕

ya̅n = y + an1

Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) / surname Yan

殷

ya̅n = y + an1

dark red

奄

ya̅n = y + an1

variant of 閹|阉[yan1] / to castrate / variant of 淹[yan1] / to delay

淹

ya̅n = y + an1

to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay

淹 = 奄 + 氵 : Maud Younger (y) prepares an omelet (奄) in front of the anthill (an1). As a final step she wants to deglaze the omelet, but the water bottle (氵) slips out of her hand and she drowns (淹) the omelet in water.

咽

ya̅n = y + an1

narrow pass / throat / pharynx

咽

ya̅n = y + an1

throat; pharynx / narrow pass

焉

ya̅n = y + an1

where / how

菸

ya̅n = y + an1

variant of 煙|烟[yan1] / cigarette / tobacco / smoke