阉

to castrate / a castrate / neuter

surname Yan

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

suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

to castrate / fig. to emasculate

a castrate

eunuch (contemptuous appellation)

covertly / secretly