沿
yán HSK6

follow a course

沿 yán
follow verb
to carry on or follow a tradition, pattern, or established system

这种古老的习俗一直沿袭至今。

zhè zhǒng gǔ​lǎo de xí​sú yī​zhí yán xí zhì jīn.

This ancient custom has been passed down to this day.

along adverb
to follow a line, path, or route

他沿路走走停停，欣赏着田野的风景。

tā yán lù zǒu​zou​tíng​tíng, xīn​shǎng zhe tián​yě de fēng​jǐng.

He stopped and started along the way, admiring the scenery of the fields.

trim verb
to sew a border onto a piece of fabric or garment using braid or tape

她给这件衣服沿了个红边儿。

tā gěi zhè jiàn yī​fu yán le gè hóng biān​r.

She added a red trim to the edge of this garment.

edge noun
the border, brim, or outer part of an object

他坐在床沿上穿鞋。

tā zuò zài chuáng​yán shàng chuān xié.

He sat on the edge of the bed to put on his shoes.

Cross-References

Has variant

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,182nd most common 117.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,022nd most common 18.7 per million appears in 10% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.31 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
70.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+6CBF

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)