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Usage of the character 厌

yàn
[厭]
  • (bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with
  • (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
tǎoyàn
讨厌
[討厭]
  • to dislike
  • to loathe
  • disagreeable
  • troublesome
  • annoying
yànwù
厌恶
[厭惡]
  • to loathe
  • to hate
  • disgusted with sth
yànbó
厌薄
[厭薄]
  • to despise
  • to look down upon sth
yànhèn
厌恨
[厭恨]
  • to hate
  • to detest
yànnì
厌腻
[厭膩]
  • to detest
  • to abhor
yànjuàn
厌倦
[厭倦]
  • to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with
yànshí
厌食
[厭食]
  • anorexia
yànyǎng
厌氧
[厭氧]
  • anaerobic
yànqì
厌气
[厭氣]
  • fed up with
  • loathsome
huìyàn
会厌
[會厭]
  • epiglottis
yànshì
厌世
[厭世]
  • world-weary
  • pessimistic
bùyàn
不厌
[不厭]
  • not to tire of
  • not to object to
shēngyàn
生厌
[生厭]
  • to disgust
  • to pall
  • fed up
  • tedious
  • cloying
  • boring
  • irritating
yànzhàn
厌战
[厭戰]
  • to be weary of war
  • (fig.) to lose one's desire to continue to fight (sports match, legal battle etc)
yànxué
厌学
[厭學]
  • to hate studying
zēngyàn
憎厌
[憎厭]
  • to loathe
xiányàn
嫌厌
[嫌厭]
  • to loathe
yànqì
厌弃
[厭棄]
  • to spurn; to reject
yànfán
厌烦
[厭煩]
  • bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth
yànnüzhèng
厌女症
[厭女症]
  • misogyny
huìyànyán
会厌炎
[會厭炎]
  • epiglottitis
tǎoyànguǐ
讨厌鬼
[討厭鬼]
  • disgusting person
  • slob
yànshízhèng
厌食症
[厭食症]
  • anorexia
bìngyānyān
病厌厌
[病厭厭]
  • sickly-looking
tǎorényàn
讨人厌
[討人厭]
  • horrid
yànyǎngjūn
厌氧菌
[厭氧菌]
  • anaerobic bacteria
rěrényàn
惹人厌
[惹人厭]
  • annoying
  • disgusting
tānwěiwúyàn
贪猥无厌
[貪猥無厭]
  • avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
tāndéwúyàn
贪得无厌
[貪得無厭]
  • avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
nánxìngyànwù
男性厌恶
[男性厭惡]
  • misandry
zhūqiúwúyàn
诛求无厌
[誅求無厭]
  • incessant exorbitant demands
bùyànqífán
不厌其烦
[不厭其煩]
  • not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
  • to take great pains
  • to be very patient
póuliǎnwúyàn
裒敛无厌
[裒斂無厭]
  • to accumulate wealth without satisfaction
  • to continually plunder (idiom)
xǐxīnyànjiù
喜新厌旧
[喜新厭舊]
  • lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
shénzēngguǐyàn
神憎鬼厌
[神憎鬼厭]
  • (idiom) despicable; loathsome
nüxìngyànwù
女性厌恶
[女性厭惡]
  • misogyny
xué'érbùyàn
学而不厌
[學而不厭]
  • study tirelessly (idiom, from Analects)
tānqiúwúyàn
贪求无厌
[貪求無厭]
  • insatiably greedy (idiom)
bǎitīngbùyàn
百听不厌
[百聽不厭]
  • worth hearing a hundred times
tānlánwúyàn
贪婪无厌
[貪婪無厭]
  • avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
bīngbùyànzhà
兵不厌诈
[兵不厭詐]
  • there can never be too much deception in war
  • in war nothing is too deceitful
  • all's fair in war
bǎidúbùyàn
百读不厌
[百讀不厭]
  • to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom)
yànwùrénlèizhě
厌恶人类者
[厭惡人類者]
  • misanthrope
jīngshénxìngyànshízhèng
精神性厌食症
[精神性厭食症]
  • anorexia nervosa
yànkùqiúbāozǐjūn
厌酷球孢子菌
[厭酷球孢子菌]
  • Coccidioides immitis
xué'érbùyàn,huìrénbùjuàn
学而不厌,诲人不倦
[學而不厭,誨人不倦]
  • study tirelessly, teach with endless enthusiasm (idiom, from Analects)
shíbùyànjīng,kuàibùyànxì
食不厌精,脍不厌细
[食不厭精,膾不厭細]
  • lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects)
  • fig. to be fastidious about one's food