岩 (yán) — rock; cliff (used as a bound morpheme in place names and compound words)
Definition
A bound morpheme meaning 'rock / cliff', almost never used alone — it appears in compounds (岩石, 岩石洞, 花岗岩) and place names. The standalone word for 'rock' in everyday speech is 石头.
bound form
rockcliff (used as a bound morpheme in place names and compound words)
Examples
- 。Zhè zuò shān de yán shí fēi cháng jiān yìng.The rock on this mountain is very hard.
- 。Wǒ men zài yán dòng lǐ kàn dào le zhōng rǔ shí.We saw stalactites in the cave.
- 。Huā gāng yán shì yì zhǒng cháng jiàn de huǒ chéng yán.Granite is a common type of igneous rock.
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