Radical
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
4
Mandarin
yán yàn
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
4 strokes
Strokes
9 strokes
Mandarin
yán / yàn

Definitions by reading

ngiêng5 ngoin2
Mandarin equivalent yán
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng ngiênd5 Chaoyang ngiang5 Chenghai ngiang5 Jieyang ngiang5 Raoping ngiang5 Shantou ngiang5
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng ngoin2 Chaoyang ngain2 Chenghai ngoin2 Jieyang ngain2 Raoping ngoin2 Shantou ngoin2
①细磨(mó),碾:~磨 | ~药 | ~墨。
②深入地探求:~究 | 钻~ | ~京练都(dū)(晋代左思作《三都赋》构思了十二年,后遂用“研京练都”形容经年累月地构思文章)。
③细磨:研药, 研墨
潮州母语资料库
ngiêng2
Mandarin equivalent yàn
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng ngiênd2 Chaoyang ngiang2 Chenghai ngiang2 Jieyang ngiang2 Raoping ngiang2 Shantou ngiang2
古同“砚”,砚台 。
潮州母语资料库
ngiêng2
Mandarin equivalent yán
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng ngiênd2 Chaoyang ngiang2 Chenghai ngiang2 Jieyang ngiang2 Raoping ngiang2 Shantou ngiang2
①细磨:研墨
②深入地探讨:研究|钻研
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

English meaning

grind, rub; study, research

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
疑母 四等 開口 先韵 平声 五堅切
Reconstruction:
Original

磨也。

2
疑母 四等 開口 先韵 去声 吾甸切
Reconstruction:
Original

磨研,又音平聲。