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HSK
7-9

rock

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

yan2 yán

Meaning


Primary

rock

Alternatives

rocks

Mnemonic


[y-] Yoshi is [2] inside the [-an] pawn shop where he is processing a big slab of 岩 rock that somebody has sold them. It comes from a nearby 山 mountain, and Yoshi does his best to try to break the 岩 rock, which is quite beautiful, into smaller 石 stones that they can sell at the pawn shop.