yān = y + an1
variant of 閹|阉[yan1] / to castrate / variant of 淹[yan1] / to delay
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yǎn = y + an3
suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround
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How to pronounce 奄

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.

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+ an1 final

In front of the anthill.

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= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

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+ an3 final

In the anthill’s living room.

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奄 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
dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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diàn = di + an4
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
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Characters with 奄 as component

yǎn = y + an3
to cover up / to close / to surprise
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yǎn = y + an3
to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack
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yān = y + an1
to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay
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Words with 奄

dying / at one's last gasp
to have only a breath of life (idiom)

Sentences with 奄

奄 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yān / yǎn

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