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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)

咸盐
xiányán
salt (colloquial)
浴盐
yùyán
bath salts
盐井
Yánjǐng
Yanjing, common place name
海盐
Hǎiyán
Haiyan county in Jiaxing [[嘉興|嘉兴<Jiāxīng>]], Zhejiang
埔盐
Bùyán
Puyan township in Changhua county [[彰化縣|彰化县<Zhānghuàxiàn>]], Taiwan
盐亭
Yántíng
Yanting county in Mianyang [[綿陽|绵阳<Miányáng>]], north Sichuan
泻盐
xièyán
epsom salts
盐碱
yánjiǎn
saline and alkaline (earth)
盐城
Yánchéng
Yancheng prefecture level city in Jiangsu
盐田
yántián
saltpan
盐埔
Yánbù
Yanpu township in Pingtung County [[屏東縣|屏东县<PíngdōngXiàn>]], Taiwan
石盐
shíyán
rock salt
盐埕
Yánchéng
Yancheng district of Kaohsiung city [[高雄市<Gāoxióngshì>]], south Taiwan
盐酸
yánsuān
hydrochloric acid HCl
盐场
yánchǎng
saltpan
盐山
Yánshān
Yanshan county in Cangzhou [[滄州|沧州<Cāngzhōu>]], Hebei
盐田
Yántián
Yantian district of Shenzhen City [[深圳市]], Guangdong
盐巴
yánbā
table salt
盐度
yándù
salinity
岩盐
yányán
rock salt

Metadata

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

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