HSK 6 · Adjectives

耀眼 yàoyǎn “dazzling” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 耀眼 means

  1. dazzling
  2. to dazzle

How to say 耀眼

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale耀yào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale眼yǎn3rd tone, dipping

耀眼 in a sentence

  1. 湖水在耀眼的阳光下闪闪发亮。

    Húshuǐ zài yàoyǎn de yángguāng xià shǎnshǎn fāliàng.

    The lake sparkled in the dazzling sunshine.

    Sentence #562010 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 耀眼 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 耀 (yào) with each of its parts in a different colour
耀yàobrilliant
  • 光light · guāng
  • 翟long-tailed pheasant · dí
The character 眼 (yǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
眼yǎneye 双)
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
  • 艮stopping · gěnSound part

目 hints at the meaning (eye); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yǎn.

How to write 耀眼

耀 20 strokes · 眼 11 strokes

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

Words related to 耀眼

Words with 耀

炫耀xuànyào · to show off照耀zhàoyào · to shine on

Words with 眼

眼睛yǎnjing · eye眼镜yǎnjìng · glasses眼yǎn · eye眼色yǎnsè · meaningful look眼神yǎnshén · look in one’s eyes眼光yǎnguāng · vision心眼儿xīnyǎnr · mind

More words: Adjectives

虚伪xūwěi · hypocritical严峻yánjùn · severe严厉yánlì · strict严密yánmì · tight遥远yáoyuǎn · distant鸦雀无声yāquèwúshēng · silence reigns野蛮yěmán · barbaric异常yìcháng · abnormal

FAQs

耀眼 (yàoyǎn) means “dazzling” or “to dazzle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yàoyǎn: yào with a 4th tone, then yǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 耀眼 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yaoyan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 耀眼 from the suggestions. Typing yaoyan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
耀眼 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.