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啱

yān
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (Cantonese) correct; right
  2. 2 (Cantonese) suitable; to suit someone
  3. 3 (Cantonese) just now; a moment ago

Examples

你讲得好啱。
Nǐ jiǎng de hǎo yān.
(Cantonese) You're right — that's exactly how it is.
佢哋两个好啱倾。
Qú dì liǎng gè hǎo yān qīng.
(Cantonese) The two of them get along really well.

Tips

register
A Cantonese colloquial word, very common in Hong Kong speech: 啱 means 'right/correct', 'a good fit', or 'just now'. Standard Mandarin uses 对 or 刚才 instead.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
Left side is the mouth radical 口, typical of colloquial and dialect speech words coined for spoken Cantonese.
phonetic
岩 yán
rock; sound element
Right side 岩 supplies the sound, matching the Cantonese reading; the character was assembled to write a native spoken word.

No stroke data for 啱; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.

Stroke Order

啱 yān