奄
yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

奄
 - 
yǎn
  1. suddenly
  2. abruptly
  3. hastily
  4. to cover
  5. to surround
奄
 - 
yān
  1. variant of 閹|阉[yān]
  2. to castrate
  3. variant of 淹[yān]
  4. to delay
奄
 - 
Yǎn
  1. surname Yan

Character Decomposition

Compounds (16)

掩
yǎn
  1. 1 to cover up
  2. 2 to close
  3. 3 to surprise
淹
yān
  1. 1 to flood
  2. 2 to submerge
  3. 3 to drown
  4. 4 to irritate the skin (of liquids)
  5. 5 to delay
俺
ǎn
  1. 1 I (northern dialects)
庵
ān
  1. 1 hut
  2. 2 small temple
  3. 3 nunnery
庵
ān
  1. 1 variant: 庵 ān

Related Words (2)

奄奄一息
yǎn yǎn yī xī
  1. 1 dying
  2. 2 at one's last gasp
奄列
yǎn liè
  1. 1 omelet

Idioms (1)

气息奄奄
qì xī yǎn yǎn
  1. 1 to have only a breath of life (idiom)

Sample Sentences

寻找着追逐着奄奄一息的碎梦
xúnzhǎo zhe zhuīzhú zhe yǎnyǎnyīxī de suì mèng
Searching, pursuing their broken dreams on the verge of death
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