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yān
  1. 1.to salt
  2. 2.to pickle
  3. 3.to cure (meat)
  4. 4.to marinate
yān
  1. 1.variant of 腌[yān]
ā
  1. 1.used in 腌臜[ā zā]
  2. 2.Taiwan pr. [āng]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.dirty
  2. 2.vile
  3. 3.to salt; to lay in brine; to pickle; to marinate
  4. 4.to devote oneself to; to invest
  5. 5.irritated; painful (from salt or medication)
  6. 6.to be drenched in sweat
  7. 7.to apply soap to; to dab or cover with soap

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡ·lam, *ɡ·lams): phonetic 監 (OC *kraːm, *kraːms) + semantic 鹵 (“salt”). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-rjum (“salt”). The Min forms point to a fricative initial in Proto-Min *ziem (“a white encrustation formed from saltwater or brine”).

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