颜

yán

face, facial appearance

How to write 颜, stroke by stroke

surname Yan; color; face; countenance; Japanese variant of 颜

Pictophonetic: semantic 页 (head), phonetic 彦

Made of 彦 + 页

颜色yán sècolor; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff
颜料yán liàopaint; dye; pigment
颜面yán miànface; prestige
容颜róng yánmien; complexion
厚颜无耻hòu yán wú chǐshameless
破颜pò yánto break into a smile; (of flowers) to open
笑颜xiào yánsmiling face
红颜hóng yána beautiful woman; young beauties; youths; rosy cheeks
素颜sù yána face without makeup
美颜měi yánto beautify sb's face (with cosmetics etc); to retouch a photo to make sb look more beautiful; beautiful face; beautified face
开心颜kāi xīn yánto rejoice; smiling
开颜kāi yánto smile; to beam

它的颜色是红的。
tā de yán sè shì hóng de 。
Its color is red.
穿旧衣服出门令我感觉颜面扫地。
chuān jiù yī fu chū mén lìng wǒ gǎn jué yán miàn sǎo dì 。
I was ashamed to go out in old clothes.
我对你的厚颜无耻感到惊讶。
wǒ duì nǐ de hòu yán wú chǐ gǎn dào jīng yà 。
I am amazed at your audacity.
素颜太害羞了，请不要盯着我看。
sù yán tài hài xiū le ， qǐng bú yào dīng zhe wǒ kàn 。
It's embarrassing to be seen without make-up so please don't stare.
他们的旗五颜六色。
tā men de qí wǔ yán liù sè 。
Their flag was colourful.