Chinese Notes

严 (嚴) yán

yán adjective stern / serious / strict / severe / austere
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Morality 道德
Notes: In the sense of 严格 (ABC 'yán' sv; GHC '严' 5; Kroll '嚴' 1; NCCED '严' 2)
yán proper noun Yan
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (ABC 'yán' n)
yán adjective urgent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 紧迫 (GHC '严' 1; Kroll '嚴' 2)
yán adjective thick
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
yán adjective bitter / cruel
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
yán noun majestic / impressive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 威严 (ABC 'yán' bf 1; GHC '严' 3; Kroll '嚴' 1a; NCCED '严' 2)
yán noun father
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
yán noun something to fear / something to be careful of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
yán verb to set in order
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 整齐 (GHC '严' 6; Kroll '嚴' 3)
yán adjective inspiring respect / formidable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '严' 4; Kroll '嚴' 1b)
yán verb to look into the distance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
yán verb to command / to instruct
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll '嚴' 3a)
yán noun a garland / an adornment / avataṃsa
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: avataṃsa; from the Sanskrit masculine noun avataṃsa meaning 'a garland, ring-shaped ornament, ear ornament, ear-ring' (Kroll '嚴' 4; MW 'avataṃsa')
yán noun father
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, the bound form in 家严 (ABC 'yán' bf 2; NCCED '严' 2)

Contained in

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Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
The Scholars 《儒林外史》	第五回 Chapter 5	59
The Scholars 《儒林外史》	第六回 Chapter 6	58
New History of the Five Dynasties 《新五代史》	卷二十六唐臣傳第十四: 符習烏震孔謙張延朗李嚴李仁矩毛璋 Volume 26 Later Tang Biographies 6: Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Kong Qian, Zhang Yanlang, Li Yan, Li Renju, Mao Zhang	31
History of Ming 《明史》	卷二百一十列傳第九十八桑喬謝瑜何維柏徐學詩厲汝進王宗茂周冕趙錦吳時來張翀董傳策鄒應龍林潤 Volume 210 Biographies 98: Sang Qiao, Xie Yu, He Weibai, Xu Xueshi, Li Rujin, Wang Zongmao, Zhou Mian, Zhao Jin, Wu Shilai, Zhang Chong, Dong Chuance, Zou Yinglong, Lin Run	30
History of Song 《宋史》	卷一百四十志第九十三樂十五 Volume 140 Treatises 93: Music 15	29
History of Ming 《明史》	卷二百五十六列傳第一百四十四崔景榮黃克纘畢自嚴李長庚劉之鳳 Volume 256 Biographies 144: Cui Jingrong, Huang Kezuan, Bi Ziyan, Li Zhanggeng, Liu Zhifeng	28
Stratagems of the Warring States 《戰國策》	卷二十七　韓二 Chapter 27: Han II	27
Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》	卷一百七十七列傳第一百二十七: 崔慎由崔珙盧鈞裴休楊收韋保衡路巖夏侯孜劉瞻劉瑑曹確畢諴杜審權劉鄴豆盧瑑 Volume 177 Biographies 127: Cui Shenyou, Cui Gong, Lu Jun, Pei Xiu, Yang Shou, Wei Baoheng, Lu Yan, Xiao Houzi, Liu Zhan, Liu Zhuan, Cao Que, Bi Xian, Du Shenquan, Liu Ye, Dou Luzhan	26
Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》	卷四十蜀書十劉彭廖李劉魏楊傳 Volume 40: Book of Shu 10 - Biographies of Liu, Peng, Liao, Li, Liu, Wei, and Yang	23
Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》	卷一百十七列傳第六十七: 嚴武郭英乂崔寧嚴震嚴礪 Volume 117 Biographies 67: Yan Wu, Guo Yingyi, Cui Ning, Yan Zhen, Yan Li	22

Collocations

Simplified	Traditional	Example	Example Reference	Frequency
严威	嚴威	莊敬則嚴威	The Book of Rites 《禮記》《樂記》 Record of Music	9
严诛	嚴誅	數省而嚴誅	Guanzi 《管子》小問第五十一 Chapter 51: Minor Questions	7
严令	嚴令	敵人卒而至嚴令吏民無敢讙囂	Mozi 《墨子》卷十五號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders	6
严严	嚴嚴	嚴嚴兮其能敬己也	Xunzi 《荀子》儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians	4
熊严	熊嚴	楚熊嚴元年	Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords	4
罚严	罰嚴	不然則賞明可信而罰嚴足畏也	Mozi 《墨子》卷十四備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate	4
申严	申嚴	申嚴百刑	The Book of Rites 《禮記》《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months	4
严遂	嚴遂	嚴遂不善周君	Han Feizi 《韓非子》說林上第二十二 Chapter 22: Collections of Persuasions I	4
君严	君嚴	進傷為人君嚴之義	Guanzi 《管子》宙合第十一 Chapter 11: Zhou He	3
日严	日嚴	日嚴祗敬六德	Book of Documents 《尚書》虞書皐陶謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Gao Yao	3