HSK 6 · Body

发炎 fāyán “to become inflamed” in Chinese

Traditional 發炎

What 发炎 means

  1. to become inflamed
  2. inflammation

How to say 发炎

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale炎yán2nd tone, rising

发炎 in a sentence

  1. 他的肚脐发炎了。

    Tā de dùqí fāyán le.

    His belly button became inflamed.

    Sentence #9423276 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 伤口发炎后，他感到难忍无比的剧痛。

    Shāngkǒu fāyán hòu, tā gǎndào nánrěn wúbǐ de jùtòng.

    After the wound became inflamed, he felt unbearable pain.

    Sentence #14027271 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 发炎 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

发 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 炎 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
炎yánflame
  • 火fire · huǒ
  • 火fire · huǒ

How to write 发炎

发 5 strokes · 炎 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

发炎 (fāyán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 发炎 (fāyán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 发炎

Words with 发

发fā · send out发烧fāshāo · have a fever头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech

Words with 炎

炎热yánrè · scorching hot (weather)

More words: People, Body & Health

动脉dòngmài · artery哆嗦duōsuo · to tremble恶心ěxin · to feel sick防治fángzhì · to prevent and treat (disease)发育fāyù · to develop肺fèi · lung分泌fēnmì · to secrete腹泻fùxiè · diarrhoea

FAQs

发炎 (fāyán) means “to become inflamed” or “inflammation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fāyán: fā with a 1st tone, then yán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 发炎 is written 發炎. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fayan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发炎 from the suggestions. Typing fayan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发炎 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.