砚yàn 1.砚台{inkstone; inkslab}: 笔～{writing brush and inkslab}|端～。{Duanxi inkslab; inkstone produced in Duanxi, Guangdong Province} 2.〈旧时old〉指有同学关系的(因同学常共笔砚,同学也称‘同砚’){fellow student; classmate; term derived from the fact that classmates sharing the same desk oft. shared their writing brushes and inkslabs}: ～兄{senior fellow student}|～友。{classmate}