- 颜色 yánsè colorcolor, pigment, or dyestuff
- 容颜 róngyán appearancea person's facial features, complexion, or look
- 红颜 hóngyán beautya beautiful woman or young beauties
- 颜料 yánliào pigmentcoloring matter used in making paints, dyes, or for artistic purposes
- 颜面 yánmiàn prestigesocial standing, reputation, or dignity; honor
- 五颜六色 wǔyánliùsè multicoloreddisplaying a wide variety of colors; very colorful
- 汗颜 hànyán ashamedto blush with shame (literary)
- 笑颜 xiàoyán smiling face
- 强颜欢笑 qiǎngyánhuānxiào feign happinessto pretend to look happy or force oneself to smile despite being distressed or sad
- 喜笑颜开 xǐxiàoyánkāi beamingbeaming with happiness; grinning from ear to ear
- 厚颜无耻 hòuyánwúchǐ shamelessshameless; brazen; impudent
- 笑逐颜开 xiàozhúyánkāi beaminga smile spreading across the face; radiant with joy and happiness
- 和颜悦色 héyányuèsè amiableshowing a pleasant expression and kind manner; friendly and composed
- 驻颜 zhùyán preserve youthto maintain a youthful appearance
- 颜真卿 Yán Zhēnqīng Yan ZhenqingYan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty
- 开颜 kāiyán smileto smile broadly or beam with joy
- 厚颜 hòuyán shamelessshameless; brazen
- 红颜薄命 hóngyánbómìng ill-fated beautybeautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
- 颜渊 Yán Yuān Yan YuanYan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Hui ([[颜回|顏回|Yan2 Hui2]])
- 奴颜婢膝 núyánbìxī servileacting in a fawning or cringing manner to curry favor; being obsequious
- 颜体 yántǐ Yan styleThe calligraphic style of Yan Zhenqing ([[颜真卿|顏真卿|Yan2 Zhen1 qing1]]).
- 颜艺 yányì funny faces(ACG) the art of making humorously exaggerated facial expressions (loanword from Japanese kaogei)
- 养颜 yǎngyán beautifyto nourish the skin or maintain a youthful appearance, often through diet, herbal remedies, or skincare
- 素颜 sùyán makeup-freea face without makeup
- 慈颜 cíyán motherly faceone's mother's loving face
- 破颜 pòyán bloom(of flowers) to open
- 面颜 miànyán face
- 正颜厉色 zhèngyánlìsè sternsolemn in countenance; strict and unsmiling
- 皓首苍颜 hàoshǒucāngyán decrepitwhite hair and gray sunken cheeks; decrepit old age
- 蓝颜知己 lányánzhījǐ male confidanta woman's close platonic male friend or confidant
- 伯颜 Bàyán Bayanthe Mongol name Bayan, common during the Yuan dynasty and transliterated into Chinese as [[伯颜|伯顏|Bo2 yan2]]
- 完颜 Wányán Wanyantwo-character surname Wanyan
- 容颜失色 róngyánshīsè blanch(of complexion) to lose one's color; to blanch; to look wan
- 巴颜喀拉 Bāyánkālā Bayankala MountainsBayankala mountain range in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, watershed of the Yellow River.
- 开心颜 kāixīnyán smilinga happy or smiling countenance or expression
- 怡颜悦色 yíyányuèsè cheerful expressiona happy and pleasant facial expression
- 无颜见江东父老 wúyánjiàn Jiāngdōngfùlǎo ashamed to return(idiom) to be too ashamed to return to one's hometown after a humiliating failure
- 红颜知己 hóngyánzhījǐ confidantea close female friend who understands one deeply, often referring to a man's platonic but spiritually intimate female friend
- 红颜祸水 hóngyánhuòshuǐ femme fatale
- 给你点颜色看看 gěinǐdiǎnyánsèkànkan teach a lessonTo teach someone a lesson or put them in their place, typically by demonstrating one's power or through punishment.
- 美颜 měiyán beautiful facean attractive visage, whether naturally occurring or the result of aesthetic enhancement
- 美颜相机 Měiyán Xiàngjī BeautyCamBeautyCam, a smartphone app for retouching selfies
- 书中自有黄金屋,书中自有颜如玉 shūzhōngzìyǒuhuángjīnwū, shūzhōngzìyǒuyánrúyù scholarly rewardsA proverb encouraging diligence in study, suggesting that education is the path to wealth, high status, and a beautiful wife.
- 阿黑颜 āhēiyán ahegao(ACG) ahegao (loanword from Japanese ア[[颜|顔|yan2]])
- 颜值 yánzhí attractivenessattractiveness index; rating of how good-looking a person is
- 颜值高 yánzhígāo good-looking
- 颜厚 yánhòu brazen
- 颜厚有忸怩 yánhòuyǒuniǔní occasional shameeven the most brazen person will sometimes feel shame
- 颜回 Yán Huí Yan HuiYan Hui (521-481 BC), a disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan.
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH