"妍" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /jɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jiːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ŋieŋ⁵⁵/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ŋieŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /jɛn³⁵/, /jiːn²¹/, /ŋieŋ⁵⁵/, /ŋieŋ⁵⁵/, /n̠ʲi⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: yán [Mandarin, Pinyin], yan² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jin⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ngiĕng, ngiêng⁵, ¹gni, yán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yen² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yán [Mandarin, Yale], yan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], янь [Mandarin, Palladius], janʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], yìhn [Cantonese, Yale], jin⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yin⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ngiĕng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], ngiêng⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ngiêng [POJ, Teochew], ¹gni [Wu], 'nyi^平 [Wu], ¹'nyi [Wu], /n̠ʲi⁵³/ [Wu], ngen [Middle-Chinese], /*[ŋ]ˤe[r]/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ŋeːn/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ŋeːn) : semantic 女 + phonetic 幵 (OC *kŋeːn). Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *ŋeːn}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ŋeːn), {{Han compound|女|幵|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ŋeːn) : semantic 女 + phonetic 幵 (OC *kŋeːn) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 妍
  1. (literary) bright, colorful and beautiful Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-妍-zh-character-5rrH5HSU Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Han phono-semantic compounds Derived forms: 不辨妍媸, 妍倡, 妍唱, 妍媚, 妍媸, 妍暖, 妍皮痴骨, 妍蒨, 妍麗, 妍丽, 嫶妍, 捧心妍, 暄妍 (xuānyán), 桃李爭妍, 桃李争妍, 桃柳爭妍, 桃柳争妍, 爭奇鬥妍, 争奇斗妍, 爭妍 (zhēngyán), 争妍 (zhēngyán), 爭妍獻媚, 争妍献媚, 爭妍鬥奇, 争妍斗奇, 爭妍鬥豔 (zhēngyándòuyàn), 争妍斗艳 (zhēngyándòuyàn), 百花爭妍 (bǎihuāzhēngyán), 百花争妍 (bǎihuāzhēngyán), 盡態極妍, 尽态极妍, 纖妍, 纤妍, 豐妍, 丰妍, 鮮妍, 鲜妍

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        {
          "word": "妍媚"
        },
        {
          "word": "妍媸"
        },
        {
          "word": "妍暖"
        },
        {
          "word": "妍皮痴骨"
        },
        {
          "word": "妍蒨"
        },
        {
          "word": "妍麗"
        },
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          "word": "妍丽"
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        {
          "word": "嫶妍"
        },
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          "roman": "zhēngyándòuyàn",
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          "roman": "bǎihuāzhēngyán",
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          "word": "盡態極妍"
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          "word": "尽态极妍"
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          "word": "纖妍"
        },
        {
          "word": "纤妍"
        },
        {
          "word": "豐妍"
        },
        {
          "word": "丰妍"
        },
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          "word": "鮮妍"
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    {
      "word": "妍媚"
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    {
      "word": "妍媸"
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    {
      "word": "嫶妍"
    },
    {
      "word": "捧心妍"
    },
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      "roman": "xuānyán",
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    },
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      "word": "桃李爭妍"
    },
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      "word": "桃李争妍"
    },
    {
      "word": "桃柳爭妍"
    },
    {
      "word": "桃柳争妍"
    },
    {
      "word": "爭奇鬥妍"
    },
    {
      "word": "争奇斗妍"
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    {
      "roman": "zhēngyán",
      "word": "爭妍"
    },
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      "roman": "zhēngyán",
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    },
    {
      "word": "爭妍獻媚"
    },
    {
      "word": "争妍献媚"
    },
    {
      "word": "爭妍鬥奇"
    },
    {
      "word": "争妍斗奇"
    },
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      "roman": "zhēngyándòuyàn",
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    },
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      "roman": "zhēngyándòuyàn",
      "word": "争妍斗艳"
    },
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      "roman": "bǎihuāzhēngyán",
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    },
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      "roman": "bǎihuāzhēngyán",
      "word": "百花争妍"
    },
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      "word": "盡態極妍"
    },
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      "word": "尽态极妍"
    },
    {
      "word": "纖妍"
    },
    {
      "word": "纤妍"
    },
    {
      "word": "豐妍"
    },
    {
      "word": "丰妍"
    },
    {
      "word": "鮮妍"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.