艳 yàn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 色 — color, tint, hue, shade
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
艳丽
yànlì
bright-coloured; gorgeous
Characters in this word
丽 lì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 丶 — dot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这种鸟羽毛艳丽，却在求偶季节之外很少发出叫声。 Zhè zhǒng niǎo yǔmáo yànlì, què zài qiú'ǒu jìjié zhī wài hěn shǎo fāchū jiàoshēng. This bird has gorgeous feathers, yet outside the mating season it rarely calls.
- 春天来了，公园里开满了艳丽的鲜花。 Chūntiān lái le, gōngyuán lǐ kāi mǎn le yànlì de xiānhuā. Spring has come, and the park is full of brightly coloured flowers.
- 她穿着一条色彩艳丽的裙子，参加朋友的婚礼。 Tā chuānzhe yī tiáo sècǎi yànlì de qúnzi, cānjiā péngyou de hūnlǐ. She is wearing a brightly coloured dress to attend a friend's wedding.
Related words
- 鲜艳 xiānyàn bright; vivid
- 美丽 měilì beautiful
- 风和日丽 fēnghérìlì bright and sunny; pleasant weather
- 华丽 huálì gorgeous; ornate; splendid
- 亮丽 liànglì bright and beautiful; impressive
- 秀丽 xiùlì beautiful and graceful
- 壮丽 zhuànglì majestic; magnificent; splendid
- 耀眼 yàoyǎn dazzling; brilliant
- 蔚蓝 wèilán azure; deep blue
- 阴暗 yīn'àn dark; gloomy
- 通红 tōnghóng completely red; flushed
- 响亮 xiǎngliàng loud and clear; resounding