奄 {yān}

1. to flood
2. to submerge
3. to drown
4. to irritate the skin (of liquids)
5. to delay

奄 {yān}

1. to castrate
2. a castrate
3. neuter

奄 jim² {yǎn}

1. suddenly
2. abruptly
3. hastily
4. to cover
5. to surround

奄 jim² {Yǎn}

surname Yan

奄奄 jim¹ jim¹ {yǎn yǎn}

adj.; dying; weak breathing, barely able to breathe the correct way. Also metaphor for things in decay or decline, of impending doom.

奄悶〔-闷〕 jim² mun⁶ {yǎn mèn}

adj; boring, depressed mood, lack of energy

奄尖 jim² zim¹ {yǎn jiān}

picky (spoken)

奄列 jim¹ lit⁶ {yǎn liè}

omelet

奄奄一息 jim¹ jim¹ jat¹ sik¹ {yǎn yǎn yī xī}

1. dying
2. at one's last gasp