yàn
  1. (Ningbonese) to apply soap to; to dab or cover with soap
  2. (Ningbonese, of one's body) to be drenched in sweat
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (yàn, “to envy”)
  4. alternative form of / (yàn, “to envy”)
  5. to apply soap to; to dab or cover with soap
  6. to be drenched in sweat

Wiktionary

Homographs

Examples

还有盐吗?

Is there any salt left?

Source: Tatoeba

再加点盐好吗?

How about adding a little bit more salt?

Source: Tatoeba

请把盐递给我。

Please pass me the salt.

Source: Tatoeba

没有再多的盐了。

There's no more salt.

Source: Tatoeba

放点盐到滚水裡。

Put some salt into the boiling water.

Source: Tatoeba

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Containing this entry

盐亭 Yántíng Yanting county in Mianyang 绵阳 Miányáng, north Sichuan
盐城 Yánchéng see 盐城市 Yánchéng Shì
盐埔 Yán Yanpu Township in Pingtung County 屏东县 Píngdōng Xiàn, Taiwan
盐埕 Yánchéng Yancheng district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市 Gāoxióngshì, south Taiwan
盐山 Yánshān see 盐山县 Yánshān Xiàn
盐池 Yánchí
  1. Yanchi county in Ningxia
  2. a saltpan
盐津 Yánjīn Yanjin county in Zhaotong 昭通 Zhāotōng, Yunnan
盐源 Yányuán see 盐源县 Yányuán Xiàn
盐田 Yántián see 盐田区 Yántián
盐边 Yánbiān Yanbian county in Panzhihua 攀枝花 Pānzhīhuā, south Sichuan
盐都 Yán see 盐都区 Yán
盐渎 Yán
盐水 Yánshuǐ
盐瓶 yánpíng
腌鱼 yān
尿酸盐 niàosuānyán
腌牛肉 yānniúròu
盐焗鸡 yán
腌菜 yāncài
脱盐 tuōyán
腌臜 āza
崖盐 yán
盐枭 yánxiāo
腌笃鲜 yānxiān
盐卤 yán
碳酸氢盐 tànsuānqīngyán
盐池 yánchí
腌制 yānzhì
盐商 yánshāng
盐键 yánjiàn
盐灶 Yánzào
那须盐原 yányuán
盐尻 Yánkāo
铵盐 ǎnyán
无盐 yán
淮盐 huáiyán
黄血盐 huángxuèyán
赤血盐 chìxuèyán
盐价 yánjià
碘盐 diǎnyán
盐皮质激素 yánzhì
精盐 jīngyán
盐埕 yánchéng
分盐 Fēnyán
盐霜 yánshuāng
盐铁论 Yán Tiě Lùn
盐关 Yánguān
盐桥 yánqiáo
亚硫酸盐 liúsuānyán
内盐 nèiyán
复盐 yán
胆盐 dǎnyán
盐帮菜 yánbāngcài
瑞典盐腌鲱鱼 ruìdiǎnyányānfēi
盐溶液 yánróng
可盐可甜 yántián
油盐不进 yóuyánjìn
加盐 jiāyán
喜马拉雅盐 yán
玫瑰盐 méiguīyán
生腌 shēngyān
大盐 yán
作盐作光 zuòyánzuòguāng
低盐 yán