炎
yán
Pinyin

Definition

炎
 - 
yán
  1. flame
  2. inflammation
  3. -itis

Character Decomposition

Compounds (20)

谈
Tán
  1. 1 surname Tan
谈
tán
  1. 1 to speak
  2. 2 to talk
  3. 3 to converse
  4. 4 to chat
  5. 5 to discuss
淡
dàn
  1. 1 insipid
  2. 2 diluted
  3. 3 weak
  4. 4 mild
  5. 5 light in color
  6. 6 tasteless
  7. 7 indifferent
  8. 8 (variant of 氮[dàn]) nitrogen
炎
yán
  1. 1 flame
  2. 2 inflammation
  3. 3 -itis
毯
tǎn
  1. 1 blanket
  2. 2 rug

Related Words (20)

消炎
xiāo yán
  1. 1 to reduce fever
  2. 2 antipyretic
  3. 3 to decrease inflammation
炎亚纶
Yán Yà lún
  1. 1 Aaron Yan (1986-), Taiwanese singer
炎症
yán zhèng
  1. 1 inflammation
发炎
fā yán
  1. 1 to become inflamed
  2. 2 inflammation
胃炎
wèi yán
  1. 1 gastritis

Idioms (3)

世态炎凉
shì tài yán liáng
  1. 1 the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
趋炎附势
qū yán fù shì
  1. 1 to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power
  2. 2 social climbing
黄炎贵胄
huáng yán guì zhòu
  1. 1 honorable Chinese nationals (idiom)

Sample Sentences

据世卫组织报告，全球新冠肺炎确诊人数已超过127万，病亡人数逾7万。中国工程院院士、著名呼吸病学专家钟南山说：“希望各国都能继续全力投入到疫情防控中去，相信我们终将战胜疫情。”
jù ShìwèiZǔzhī bàogào ，quánqiú xīnguānfèiyán quèzhěn rénshù yǐ chāoguò yībǎièrshíqī wàn ，bìngwáng rénshù yú qī wàn 。ZhōngguóGōngchéngyuàn yuànshì 、zhùmíng hūxībìngxué zhuānjiā zhōngnánshān shuō ：“xīwàng gèguó dōu néng jìxù quánlì tóurù dào yìqíng fángkòng zhōng qù ，xiāngxìn wǒmen zhōngjiāng zhànshèng yìqíng 。”
According to a WHO report, confirmed cases of COVID-19 has exceeded 1.27 million, and caused around 70 thousand deaths. Zhong Nan Shan, a fellow of Chinese Academy of Engineering and a renowned respiratory expert said, "I hope every country is putting every effort into preventing and controlling the pandemic, and I believe that we will defeat it as last."
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从“暂停”到“重启”，这是无数人翘首企盼的一幕。武汉，一度是新冠肺炎疫情的“风暴中心”，全市累计报告确诊病例50008例，病亡2572例。
cóng “zàntíng ”dào “chóngqǐ ”，zhèshì wúshù rén qiáoshǒuqǐpàn de yī mù 。Wǔhàn ，yīdù shì xīnguānfèiyán yìqíng de “fēngbàozhōngxīn ”，quánshì lěijì bàogào quèzhěn bìnglì wǔwànlíngbā lì ，bìngwáng liǎngqiānwǔbǎiqīshíèr lì 。
From "pause" to "restart", this is a scene which countless people are looking forward to. Wuhan, once was the "storm centre" of COVID-19 pandemic, has a total of 50,008 confirmed cases and 2,572 deaths reported.
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炎炎盛夏，人们在一个大瓷缸中放入冰块，再将瓷缸放入房中，用以降低房间温度。这种用冰块降温的方法其实早在先秦就已经有了。
yányán shèngxià ，rénmen zài yígè dà cígāng zhōng fàngrù bīngkuài ，zài jiāng cígāng fàngrù fáng zhōng ，yòngyǐ jiàngdī fángjiān wēndù 。zhèzhǒng yòng bīngkuài jiàngwēn de fāngfǎ qíshí zǎo zài xiānQín jiù yǐjīng yǒu le 。
In the scorching hot summer, people put ice cubes in large porcelain jars, which were then placed in rooms to help cool the temperature. This method of cooling with ice was already used in the pre Qin dynasty
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啊，胃炎啊，这名字起得挺绝啊，那大姐你爸不是得叫胃溃疡啊？
ā ，wèiyán ā ，zhè míngzi qǐ de tǐng jué ā ，nà dàjiě nǐ bà bùshì děi jiào wèikuìyáng ā ？
Ah, gastritis, that's quite a name. Why didn't you dad call you stomach ulcer (Wei Kuiyang)?
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秋老虎是指秋天偶尔出现的干燥又炎热的天气，热到仿佛是有老虎咬你一样。
qiū lǎohǔ shìzhǐ qiūtiān ǒuěr chūxiàn de gānzào yòu yánrè de tiānqì ，rè dào fǎngfú shì yǒu lǎohǔ yǎo nǐ yīyàng 。
An Autumn tiger refers to the spells of hot dry weather that sometime occur in Autumn. It's so hot that it seems like a tiger has bitten you.
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比如五行缺水，起名为淼”；五行缺土，起名为“垚”；五行缺金，起名为“鑫”；五行缺木，起名为“森”；五行缺火，起名为“炎”。
bǐrú wǔxíng quēshuǐ ，qǐmíng wèi miǎo ”；wǔxíng quē tǔ ，qǐmíng wèi “yáo ”；wǔxíng quē jīn ，qǐmíng wèi “xīn ”；wǔxíng quē mù ，qǐmíng wèi “sēn ”；wǔxíng quē huǒ ，qǐmíng wèi “yán ”。
For example, if, among the five phases, there's a lack of water, you can use the character "淼", meaning "flood" in the name, as it is composed of three water radicals; if, among the five phases, earth is lacking, you can use the character "垚" meaning "embankment", as it is composed of three earth radicals; if, among the five phases, metal is lacking, you can use the character "鑫" meaning "prosperity", as it is composed of three metal radicals; if, among the five phases, wood is lacking, you can use the character "森" meaning "forest", as it is composed of three wood radicals; if, among the five phases, fire is lacking, you can use the character "炎" meaning "flame", as it is composed of two fire radicals.
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每天在值晚班准备打烊的时候，总会有一位女孩儿来买杯热拿铁外带。女孩儿的容貌挺漂亮，看上去气质也好，就是穿着打扮比较特别。2014年夏天的杭州那样炎热，她还是时常穿着一件复古风格的外套，看着有点儿像30年代的上海仕女穿越到现代的感觉。
měitiān zài zhí wǎn bān zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，zǒng huì yǒu yī wèi nǚháiēr lái mǎi bēi rè nátiě wàidài 。nǚháiēr de róngmào tǐng piàoliang ，kànshangqu qìzhì yě hǎo ，jiùshì chuānzhuódǎbàn bǐjiào tèbié 。èrlíngyīsì nián xiàtiān de Hángzhōu nàyàng yánrè ，tā háishi shícháng chuānzhuó yī jiàn fùgǔ fēnggé de wàitào ，kàn zhe yǒudiǎnr xiàng sānlíng niándài de Shànghǎi shìnǚ chuānyuè dào xiàndài de gǎnjué 。
There was always a girl who came to the shop and ordered a cup of latte to go when QinYu was working the night shift and was about to close. She had quite a pretty face and she looked elegant, although her outfit was somehow special. In 2014, the summer in Hangzhou was pretty hot, but she’s still wearing the vintage style jacket all the time. She looked a bit like a Shanghai lady in the 1930s, traveling to the present.
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炎炎夏日，就是要去海边游泳消暑！
yányán xiàrì ，jiùshì yào qù hǎibiān yóuyǒng xiāoshǔ ！
On scorching summer days, you have to go to the seaside to swim, to beat the heat!
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牙龈有点儿发炎。
yáyín yǒudiǎnr fāyán 。
Your gums are a bit inflamed.
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会不会伤口发炎，死掉了啊？
huì bu huì shāngkǒu fāyán ，sǐ diào le a ？
Do you think the cut will get inflamed and I'll die?
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