| 颜色 | yán sè | color; CL:个 |
| 颜 | yán | color; face; countenance; surname Yan |
| 颜料 | yán liào | paint; dye; pigment |
| 红颜 | hóng yán | a beautiful woman; young beauties; youths; rosy cheeks |
| 五颜六色 | wǔ yán liù sè | multi-colored; every color under the sun |
| 伯颜 | Bà yán | Bayan (name); Bayan of the Baarin (1236-1295), Mongol Yuan general under Khubilai Khan, victorious over the Southern Song 1235-1239; Bayan of the Merkid (-1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician |
| 厚颜 | hòu yán | shameless |
| 厚颜无耻 | hòu yán wú chǐ | shameless |
| 各种颜色 | gè zhǒng yán sè | multicolored; a variety of colors |
| 和颜悦色 | hé yán yuè sè | amiable manner; pleasant countenance |
| 喜笑颜开 | xǐ xiào yán kāi | face covered in smiles (idiom); beaming with happiness |
| 奴颜婢膝 | nú yán bì xī | servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor |
| 容颜失色 | róng yán shī sè | of pale or colorless complexion (idiom) |
| 容颜 | róng yán | countenance; personage |
| 巴颜喀拉 | Bā yán kā lā | Bayankala mountain range in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, watershed of 黄河 Huang He river |
| 怒颜相报 | nù yán xiāng bào | to shoot a vengeful look at sb (idiom) |
| 慈颜 | cí yán | one's mother's loving face |
| 正颜厉色 | zhèng yán lì sè | solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling |
| 汗颜 | hàn yán | to blush with shame (literary) |
| 皓首苍颜 | hào shǒu cāng yán | white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age |
| 破颜 | pò yán | break into a smile; to open (of flowers) |
| 笑逐颜开 | xiào zhú yán kāi | smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure; all smiles; joy written across one's face |
| 红颜知己 | hóng yán zhī jǐ | close female friend; confidante |
| 红颜薄命 | hóng yán bó mìng | beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom) |
| 素颜 | sù yán | a face without makeup |
| 蓝颜知己 | lán yán zhī jǐ | close male friend; confidant |
| 开心颜 | kāi xīn yán | to rejoice; smiling |
| 开颜 | kāi yán | to smile; to beam |
| 面颜 | miàn yán | face |
| 颜回 | Yán Huí | Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 颜渊 |
| 颜渊 | Yán Yuān | Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子, also known as 颜回 |
| 颜真卿 | yán zhēn qīng | name of a person, Yan Zhenqing, a famous calligrapher |
| 颜面 | yán miàn | face; prestige |
| 颜面扫地 | yán miàn sǎo dì | lit. for one’s face to reach rock bottom; to be thoroughly discredited (idiom) |
| 颜体 | yán tǐ | Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy) |
