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盐
鹽
yán
1. salt
2. CL:[[粒<lì>]]
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 5%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

盐
yán
salt
HSK 4 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

埔盐
Bùyán
Puyan township in Changhua county [[彰化縣|彰化县<Zhānghuàxiàn>]], Taiwan
岩盐
yányán
rock salt
池盐
chíyán
lake salt
浴盐
yùyán
bath salts
海盐
Hǎiyán
Haiyan county in Jiaxing [[嘉興|嘉兴<Jiāxīng>]], Zhejiang
泻盐
xièyán
epsom salts
石盐
shíyán
rock salt
矿盐
kuàngyán
halite
粗盐
cūyán
coarse salt
细盐
xìyán
refined salt
酸盐
suānyán
sulfonate
钾盐
jiǎyán
potassium chloride KCl
镁盐
měiyán
magnesium salt
杂盐
záyán
carnallite (hydrated potassium magnesium chloride mineral)
食盐
shíyán
edible salt
咸盐
xiányán
salt (colloquial)
盐井
Yánjǐng
Yanjing, common place name
盐亭
Yántíng
Yanting county in Mianyang [[綿陽|绵阳<Miányáng>]], north Sichuan
盐城
Yánchéng
Yancheng prefecture level city in Jiangsu
盐埔
Yánbù
Yanpu township in Pingtung County [[屏東縣|屏东县<PíngdōngXiàn>]], Taiwan

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,884
Word Frequency Rank
4,086 of 84,292

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