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炎 yán

flame, blaze; hot

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8
Level
HSK 6
Radical
火
Type
Ideograph
Made of 火火 ⿱火火

Memory hint: Two fires 火 burning

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  1. 夏天的天气特别炎热。
    Xiàtiān de tiānqì tèbié yánrè.
    The weather in summer is especially scorching hot.
    summer (particle) weather especially blazing-hot
  2. 你的伤口发炎了吗？
    Nǐ de shāngkǒu fāyán le ma?
    Has your wound become inflamed?
    your (particle) wound develop-inflammation (particle) (question)
  3. 记得吃药，别让伤口发炎。
    Jìde chī yào, bié ràng shāngkǒu fāyán.
    Remember to take your medicine, don't let the wound get infected.
    remember eat medicine, don't let wound develop-inflammation
  4. 幸好他的伤口没有发炎。
    Xìnghǎo tā de shāngkǒu méiyǒu fāyán.
    Fortunately his wound didn't get infected.
    fortunately his (particle) wound not-have develop-inflammation
  5. 在炎热的夏天，人们喜欢待在空调房里。
    Zài yánrè de xiàtiān, rénmen xǐhuan dāi zài kōngtiáo fáng lǐ.
    In the scorching summer, people like to stay in air-conditioned rooms.
    at blazing-hot (particle) summer, people like stay at air-conditioner room inside

Words with 炎 (2)