| 艳 | yàn | colorful; splendid; gaudy; amorous; romantic; to envy |
| 鲜艳 | xiān yàn | bright-colored; gaily-colored |
| 艳丽 | yàn lì | gorgeous; garish and beautiful |
| 冶艳 | yě yàn | seductively dressed up |
| 冷艳 | lěng yàn | cool elegant and magnificent |
| 吐艳 | tǔ yàn | to burst into bloom |
| 哀艳 | āi yàn | plaintive and beautiful; melancholy but gorgeous |
| 妖艳 | yāo yàn | pretty and flirtatious |
| 娇艳 | jiāo yàn | tender and beautiful; also written 娇艳 |
| 争妍斗艳 | zhēng yán dòu yàn | contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc); vying in beauty and glamor |
| 竞艳 | jìng yàn | vying to be the most glamorous; each more gorgeous than the other; beauty contest |
| 艳冶 | yàn yě | seductively dressed up. |
| 艳如桃李 | yàn rú táo lǐ | lit. beautiful as peach and prune; fig. radiant beauty |
| 艳情 | yàn qíng | erotic |
| 艳红色 | yàn hóng sè | crimson |
| 艳色 | yàn sè | beauty; glamor; voluptuousness |
| 艳诗 | yàn shī | erotic verse |
| 艳遇 | yàn yù | favorable opportunity for an encounter with a beautiful woman; also written 艳遇 |
| 惊艳 | jīng yàn | stunning; breathtaking |
