沿
yán
follow a course, go along
- Strokes
- 8
- Level
- HSK 6 · TOCFL Level 4
- Frequency
- No. 1,958
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What 沿 means
along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge
water
Words with 沿
- 沿着yán zheto go along; to follow
- 沿岸yán àncoastal area; littoral or riparian
- 沿途yán túalong the sides of the road; by the wayside
- 沿海yán hǎicoastal
- 沿路yán lùalong the way; on the way; area beside a road
- 前沿qián yán(military) forward position; frontier; cutting-edge; forefront
- 床沿chuáng yánthe edge of a bed
- 沿例yán lìfollowing the model; according to precedent
- 沿儿yán redge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 馬路沿兒|马路沿儿)
- 沿条儿yán tiáo rtape seam (in dressmaking); tape trim
- 沿江yán jiāngalong the river; the region around the river
- 沿海州yán hǎi zhōucoastal region; refers to Russian far east Primorsky Krai
沿 in a sentence
yí gè nán hái zhèng yán zhe jiē zǒu 。
A boy is walking across the street.
qǐng yán zhe zhè tiáo lù yì zhí wǎng qián zǒu 。
Go straight ahead along this street.
bù luò chéng yuán yán zhe hé àn dìng jū le 。
Members of that tribe settled along the river.
quán shì jiè yǒu chāo guò sān fēn zhī yī de rén zài yán àn dì qū jū zhù 。
More than a third of the world population lives near a coast.
wǒ men yán zhù hé sàn bù 。
We took a walk along the river.