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
cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gen1] / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
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narrow pass / throat / pharynx
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throat; pharynx / narrow pass
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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
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dark red
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variant of 閹|阉[yan1] / to castrate / variant of 淹[yan1] / to delay
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to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay
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variant of 煙|烟[yan1] / cigarette / tobacco / smoke
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lovely / sweet
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surname Yan / name of a district in Henan
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variant of 胭[yan1]
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to inundate / to bury / to cover up / obscured / submerged
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to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate
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to castrate / a castrate / neuter
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variant of 醃|腌[yan1]
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