Chinese Word: 蔫 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

蔫

Pinyin: niān

English Definition: to fade; to wither; to wilt; listless

Chinese Definition:
①植物失去水分而萎缩：花蔫了。
②精神不振，不活泼：他这几天蔫了。蔫头耷脑。
③不声不响，悄悄：蔫不声。蔫溜儿。蔫儿拱。

Antonyms: 欢

Total strokes: 14; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:焉 indicates the sound; 艹 (grass) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 焉 [ yān ] why? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then

Similar Characters: 蔦

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蔫头耷脑	niān tóu dā nǎo	dejected; listless; droopy (idiom)
发蔫	fā niān	to wilt; to droop; to appear listless
蔫儿	niān r	erhua variant of 蔫
蔫儿坏	niān r huài	appearing genuine, but actually nasty or devious; see also 蔫土匪
蔫呼呼	niān hū hū	weak and indecisive

1		bō cài 菠菜 niān 蔫 le 了。 The spinach is shrivelled up.
2		huā ér 花儿 shài 晒 niān 蔫 le 了。 The flowers drooped in the heat of the sun.
3		niú nǎi 牛奶 chòu 臭 le 了、 shū cài 蔬菜 niān 蔫 le 了。 Milk curdling. Vegetables rotting.
4		huā 花 zài 在 rè tiān 热天 xiǎn de 显得 hěn 很 niān 蔫。 The flowers looked limp in the heat.
5		zhè 这 nǚ hái 女孩 kàn shang qu 看上去 yǒu diǎn 有点 niān 蔫。 The girl seems droopy.

1		bō cài 菠菜 niān 蔫 le 了。 The spinach is shrivelled up.
2		huā ér 花儿 shài 晒 niān 蔫 le 了。 The flowers drooped in the heat of the sun.
3		niú nǎi 牛奶 chòu 臭 le 了、 shū cài 蔬菜 niān 蔫 le 了。 Milk curdling. Vegetables rotting.
4		huā 花 zài 在 rè tiān 热天 xiǎn de 显得 hěn 很 niān 蔫。 The flowers looked limp in the heat.
5		zhè 这 nǚ hái 女孩 kàn shang qu 看上去 yǒu diǎn 有点 niān 蔫。 The girl seems droopy.