Chinese Word: 蜒 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

蜒

Pinyin: yán

English Definition: slug

Chinese Definition:
①(蜒蚰)即“蛞喻”。
②(蚰蜒)见“(蜿蜒)见“蚰”。蜿”。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 虫

Pictophonetic:延 indicates the sound; 虫 (insect) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 虫 [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
- 延 [ yán ] to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname

Similar Characters: 诞蜓

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蜿蜒	wān yán	to wriggle; snaking; winding; to zigzag; to meander
蜒蚰	yán yóu	(dialect) a slug
蜿蜒曲折	wān yán qū zhé	(by) twists and turns; to meander; to zigzag (idiom)
蜿蜒而上	wān yán ér shàng	to wriggle up (to...) (idiom)
蜗蜒	wō yán	snail

1		tā 他 xǐ huan 喜欢 nà 那 yán 蜒？ He likes that.
2		wǒ 我 yán 蜒 fù zhì 复制 liù 六 fèn 份。 I have done six copies.
3		shì 是 de 的。 wǒ 我 gào su 告诉 bà ba 爸爸 yán 蜒 lán sè 蓝色 de 的。 Yes, I told Daddy to pick blue ones.
4		wǒ 我 dāng nián 当年 yě 也 shì 是 zhè 这 yán 蜒？ I was the same way.
5		yě xǔ 也许 tā 他 néng 能 wèi 为 yé ye 爷爷 zuò 做 tóng 同 yán 蜒 de 的 shì 事。 Maybe he can do the same thing for your grandfather.

1		tā 他 xǐ huan 喜欢 nà 那 yán 蜒？ He likes that.
2		wǒ 我 yán 蜒 fù zhì 复制 liù 六 fèn 份。 I have done six copies.
3		shì 是 de 的。 wǒ 我 gào su 告诉 bà ba 爸爸 yán 蜒 lán sè 蓝色 de 的。 Yes, I told Daddy to pick blue ones.
4		wǒ 我 dāng nián 当年 yě 也 shì 是 zhè 这 yán 蜒？ I was the same way.
5		yě xǔ 也许 tā 他 néng 能 wèi 为 yé ye 爷爷 zuò 做 tóng 同 yán 蜒 de 的 shì 事。 Maybe he can do the same thing for your grandfather.