Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yán
- Yán
English
- village gate
- surname Yan (sometimes written 閆|闫[Yan2] in recent years)
- (literary) the gate of a lane
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Yim" or "Im"
- surname
粵語
- 姓
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Variants
Words containing 閻
- 閻王jim4 wong4
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
- 閻君jim4 gwan1
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
- 閻羅王jim4 lo4 wong4
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
- 見閻王gin3 jim4 wong4
(coll.) to meet one's maker; to kick the bucket; to die
- 閻老jim4 lou5
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
- 閻羅jim4 lo4
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
- 閻魔jim4 mo1
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
- 閻良jim4 loeng4
see 閻良區|阎良区[Yan2 liang2 Qu1]
- 閻錫山jim4 sek3 saan1
Yan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi
- 閻王爺jim4 wong4 je4
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
- 閻王壁jim4 wong4 bik1
- 閻王殿jim4 wong4 din6
Yama's palace
- 閻良區jim4 loeng4 keoi1
Yanliang, a district of Xi'an City 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi
- 閻羅殿jim4 lo4 din6
Yama's palace
- 閻王好見jim4 wong4 hou2 gin3
- 去閻羅王處報到heoi3 jim4 lo4 wong4 syu3 bou3 dou3
a euphemism for death; literally: to go to where Yama King (the King of Hell) is and check in. In Chinese mythology, souls of the dead would be judged in the underworld by an entity called as 'Yama King' and to check in at his place by extension implies death.