耀 yào
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- 羽 — feather, plume
- Made of
- 光 light 翟 long-tailed pheasant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
耀眼
yàoyǎn
dazzling; brilliant
Characters in this word
眼 yǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- Made of
- 目 eye 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 午后的阳光透过玻璃幕墙，耀眼得让人几乎睁不开眼。 Wǔhòu de yángguāng tòuguò bōli mùqiáng, yàoyǎn de ràng rén jīhū zhēng bù kāi yǎn. The afternoon sunlight passed through the glass curtain wall, dazzling enough to make people almost unable to open their eyes.
- 舞台上灯光耀眼，观众几乎看不清她的脸。 Wǔtái shàng dēngguāng yàoyǎn, guānzhòng jīhū kàn bu qīng tā de liǎn. The stage lights were so dazzling that the audience could barely see her face.
- 雪后初晴，白茫茫的雪地非常耀眼。 Xuě hòu chū qíng, bái mángmáng de xuědì fēicháng yàoyǎn. Just after the snowfall it cleared up, and the vast white snowfield was extremely dazzling.
Related words
- 夸耀 kuāyào to brag about; to show off
- 荣耀 róngyào glorious; honourable; glory
- 炫耀 xuànyào to show off; to flaunt
- 照耀 zhàoyào to shine; to illuminate
- 眼 yǎn eye
- 眼睛 yǎnjing eyes
- 眼前 yǎnqián before one's eyes
- 眼镜 yǎnjìng glasses
- 眼泪 yǎnlèi tears
- 眼里 yǎnli in the eyes
- 眼光 yǎnguāng taste; judgment
- 眼看 yǎnkàn soon, in a moment; to see something happen