Usage of the character 奄
Yǎn
奄
[奄]
- surname Yan
yǎn
奄
[奄]
- suddenly
- abruptly
- hastily
- to cover
- to surround
yān
奄
[奄]
- variant of 閹／阉 (yān)
- to castrate
- variant of 淹 (yān)
- to delay
yǎnliè
奄列
[奄列]
- omelet
qìxīyǎnyǎn
气息奄奄
[氣息奄奄]
- to have only a breath of life (idiom)
yǎnyǎnyīxī
奄奄一息
[奄奄一息]
- dying
- at one's last gasp