yàn = y + an4
accomplished / elegant
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How to pronounce 彦

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago
+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago

彦 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
chǎn = ch + an3
to give birth / to reproduce / to produce / product / resource / estate / property
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shān = sh + an1
"bristle" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 59)
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Characters with 彦 as component

yán = y + an2
color / face / countenance
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yán = y + an2
surname Yan
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yán = y + an2
Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]
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Words with 彦

Bayan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
Bayan Hot, capital of Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
Bayan Hot, capital of Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia / also written 巴彥浩特鎮|巴彦浩特镇[Ba1 yan4 Hao4 te4 Zhen4]

Sentences with 彦

彦 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yàn

accomplished / elegant

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