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岩 yán

cliff; rocks; mountain

Strokes
8
Level
HSK 6
Radical
山
Type
Ideograph
Made of 山石 ⿱山石

Memory hint: The rocks 石 that make up a mountain 山

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  1. 山上到处都是岩石。
    Shān shàng dàochù dōu shì yánshí.
    The mountain is covered with rocks everywhere.
    mountain-on everywhere all is rock
  2. 这块岩石是怎么形成的？
    Zhè kuài yánshí shì zěnme xíngchéng de?
    How was this rock formed?
    this (measure) rock is how form (particle) (question)
  3. 我们可以坐在这块大岩石上休息一下。
    Wǒmen kěyǐ zuò zài zhè kuài dà yánshí shàng xiūxi yíxià.
    We can sit on this big rock to rest for a while.
    we can sit at this (measure) big rock-on rest a-bit
  4. 这不是普通的石头，是一种特殊的岩石。
    Zhè bú shì pǔtōng de shítou, shì yì zhǒng tèshū de yánshí.
    This isn't an ordinary stone, it's a special kind of rock.
    this not-is ordinary (particle) stone, is one kind special (particle) rock
  5. 登山途中，随处可见裸露的岩石。
    Dēngshān túzhōng, suíchù kějiàn luǒlù de yánshí.
    During the climb, exposed rocks can be seen everywhere.
    climb-mountain on-the-way, everywhere can-see exposed (particle) rock

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