yàn

墕

Character · NounTraditional峴

col; mountain pass; weir

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Meanings

2 senses · 4 examples
1.

noun

mountain land between two peaks; col; mountain pass

dialect

Used in dialectal or place names to refer to the saddle area or col between two mountains. Standard Mandarin pronunciation for this sense is typically xiàn, but given as yàn here.

Zhè这
gè个
xiǎo小
shān山
cūn村
zuò坐
luò落
zài在
liǎng两
shān山
zhī之
jiān间
de的
yàn岘
shàng上
 。

This small mountain village sits on the col between two mountains.

Qián前
fāng方
de的
yàn岘
kǒu口
shì是
tōng通
wǎng往
pén盆
dì地
de的
bì必
jīng经
zhī之
lù路
 。

The mountain pass ahead is the only route leading to the basin.

2.

noun

same as "堰" (yàn); weir; dam; low barrier built across a stream

technical

Interchangeable with 堰, referring to a low dam or barrier built across a river or ditch to raise the water level or divert flow for irrigation.

Cūn村
mín民
men们
zài在
hé河
dào道
lǐ里
xiū修
jiàn建
le了
yī一
dào道
yàn岘
lái来
xù蓄
shuǐ水
guàn灌
gài溉
nóng农
tián田
 。

The villagers built a weir in the river channel to store water for irrigating the farmland.

Zhè这
dào道
tǔ土
yàn岘
yǒu有
xiào效
de地
zǔ阻
dǎng挡
le了
hóng洪
shuǐ水
 。

This earthen dam effectively blocked the floodwaters.