yán

HSK 6

沿 (yán) is a Chinese word meaning “along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on”.

Meanings

  1. 1along
  2. 2to follow (a line, tradition etc)
  3. 3to carry on
  4. 4to trim (a border with braid, tape etc)
  5. 5border
  6. 6edge
Part of speech
preposition

Related words

沿着to go along前沿(military) forward position沿途along the sides of the road沿岸coastal area沿海coastal沿河see 沿河土家族自治縣|沿河土家族自治县[Yan2 he2 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]沿用to continue to use (old methods)边沿edge沿线along the line (e.g. railway)沿袭to carry on as before床沿the edge of a bed沿海地区coastland

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