Chinese Notes

岩 yán

yán noun precipice; cliff
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A variant of 巖 (ABC 6 'yán' 2; Unihan '岩')
yán noun a rock
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 6 'yán' 1; Unihan '岩')
yán noun a crag; a mountain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 6 'yán' 2; Unihan '岩')

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沉积岩(沉積岩) sedimentary rock
石英岩 quartzite
黑曜岩 obsidian (mining)
非层岩(非層巖) unstratified rock
岩画(岩畫) a rock mural; a cave painting ; rock painting; picture or writing carved on rocks
熔岩 lava
岩流圈 asthenosphere
辉长岩(輝長岩) gabbro
岩羊 bharal
褐岩鹨(褐岩鷚) brown accentor (Prunella fulvescens)
变质岩(變質岩) metamorphic rock
岩浆(岩漿) lava; magma
岩仓(岩倉) Iwakura
片岩 schist
粉砂岩 siltstone
捕虏岩(捕虜岩) xenolith
板岩 slate
磷酸盐岩(磷酸鹽岩) phosphorite; phosphate rock
含油岩 oil bearing rock
巉岩 an overhanging rock
超基性岩 ultrabasic rock (geology, rock containing less than 45 percent silicates)
油页岩(油頁岩) oil shale
岩层(岩層) rock strata
辉绿岩(輝綠岩) diabase ; dolerite
岩石 a rock; a cliff
泥质岩(泥質岩) mudstone
喷出岩(噴出岩) extrusive rock
岩燕 Eurasian crag martin
岩沙海葵毒素 palytoxin
侵入岩 intrusive rock
小岩洞 grotto
岩溶 karst, kind of porous limestone
白云岩(白雲岩) dolomite
砾岩(礫岩) conglomerate
浊积岩(濁積岩) turbidite
流纹岩(流紋岩) rhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite)
页岩(頁岩) shale
岩礁 a reef
蛇绿混杂岩(蛇綠混雜岩) ophiolite
岩床(巖床) bedrock
溶岩流 lava flow
枕状玄武岩(枕狀玄武岩) pillow lava ; pillow basalt

Also contained in

岫岩县、龙岩、岫岩满族自治县、岩仓使节团、龙岩市、黄岩区、龙岩地区、吕岩、云岩

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卷三百四十二列傳第一百〇一梁燾王巖叟鄭雍孫永 Volume 342 Biographies 101: Liang Dao, Wang Yansou, Zheng Yong, Sun Yong History of Song 宋史 — count: 46
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卷三十八　志第八:　地理志二 Volume 38 Treatises 8: Geography 2 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 12
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Collocations

岩岩 (岩岩) 高岳岩岩 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十九魏書二十九方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans — count: 12
辛岩 (辛岩) 姑臧令辛岩以曾妖妄 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十六列傳第五十六張軌 Volume 86 Biographies 56: Zhang Gui — count: 6
岩山 (岩山) 昌于安陸縣石岩山屯聚 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百〇列傳第七十王彌張昌陳敏王如杜曾杜弢王機祖約蘇峻孫恩盧循譙縱 Volume 100 Biographies 70: Wang Mi; Zhang Chang; Chen Min; Wang Ru; Du Ceng; Du Tao; Wang Ji; Zu Yue; Su Jun; Sun En; Lu Xun; Qiao Zong — count: 6
石岩 (石岩) 惟石岩岩 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十列傳第二十曹志庾峻郭象庾純秦秀 Volume 50 Biographies 20: Cao Zhi; Yu Jun; Guo Xiang; Yu Chun; Qin Xiu — count: 4
傅岩 (傅岩) 索隱于傅岩 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十一列傳第二十一皇甫謐摯虞束皙王接 Volume 51 Biographies 21: Huangfu Mi; Zhi Yu; Shu Xi; Wang Jie — count: 4
岩谷 (岩谷) 蠻夷雖附阻岩谷 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十六南蠻西南夷列傳 Volume 86: Treatise on the Nanman, Southwestern Barbarians — count: 4
岩廊 (岩廊) 岩廊盛禮 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷十八志第八禮五 Volume 18 Treatises 8: Rituals 5 — count: 3
山岩 (山岩) 察蜀賊棲於山岩 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十四魏書十四程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu — count: 3
岩中 (岩中) 相望于岩中矣 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十三逸民列傳 Volume 83: Biographies of Hermits — count: 3
岩岫 (岩岫) 生處岩岫之居 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十九列傳第五十九忠義 Volume 89 Biographies 59: Loyalty and Righteousness — count: 3