Keyword
face
- facial appearance
- Frequency
- #1383
- Strokes
- 15
Readings
yán100%
Mnemonic
页 (head) gives the meaning and 彦 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
颜色
color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff
颜
color; face; countenance
颜料
paint; dye; pigment
颜面
face; prestige
容颜
mien; complexion
颜值
attractiveness index (rating of how good-looking sb is)
颜射
to ejaculate onto sb's face
五颜六色
multicolored; every color under the sun
红颜
a beautiful woman; young beauties; youths; rosy cheeks
汗颜
to blush with shame (literary)
厚颜无耻
shameless
美颜
to beautify sb's face (with cosmetics etc); to retouch a photo to make sb look more beautiful; beautiful face; beautified face
完颜
two-character surname Wanyan
素颜
a face without makeup
笑颜
smiling face
颜真卿
Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty
伯颜
Bayan of the Baarin (1236–1295), Mongol general under Kublai Khan who led the conquest of the Southern Song; Bayan of the Merkid (died 1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician
喜笑颜开
grinning from ear to ear (idiom); beaming with happiness
强颜欢笑
to pretend to look happy; to force oneself to smile
颜回
Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 颜渊 (YánYuān)
和颜悦色
amiable manner; pleasant countenance
厚颜
shameless
驻颜
to maintain a youthful appearance
颜面扫地
lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom; to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)