炎 (yán) means Flame (inflammation). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
夏天的中午非常 炎 热。
Xiàtiān de zhōngwǔ fēicháng yánrè.
Summer middays are extremely hot.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 炎热
赤道地区全年都很 炎 热。
Chìdào dìqū quán nián dōu hěn yánrè.
The equatorial region is hot all year round.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 赤道
伤口发 炎 了，需要消毒。
Shāngkǒu fāyán le, xūyào xiāodú.
The wound has become infected and needs disinfecting.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 发炎
他嗓子发 炎 ，说话都很费力。
Tā sǎngzi fāyán, shuōhuà dōu hěn fèilì.
His throat is inflamed and even speaking is an effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 发炎
他们在 炎 热的天气里工作了一天。
Tāmen zài yánrè de tiānqì lǐ gōngzuò le yì tiān.
They worked all day in the sweltering weather.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 炎热
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Words that contain 炎
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Questions about 炎
How is 炎 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 炎 (yán, "Flame (inflammation)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 炎 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 炎 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 炎?
The dictionary page for 炎 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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