# 发炎 (fāyán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 发炎 (fāyán) means “to become inflamed”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to become inflamed
- Pinyin: fāyán (fa1 yan2)
- Traditional: 發炎
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我的嗓子发炎了，很疼。
  Wǒ de sǎngzi fāyán le, hěn téng.
  My throat is inflamed and hurts badly.

## Characters

- [发](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-send-out/) (fā): to send out; to issue
- 炎 (yán): flame; inflammation

https://hanziro.com/word/fa-yan-become-inflamed/

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