Chinese–English

燕

Yān · yan/yàn · yan

Traditional 鷰

Meaning

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Yān 燕

  1. Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning
  2. north Hebei
  3. the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (Qián Yān) (337-370), Later Yan 後燕 / 后燕 (Hòu Yān) (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (Nán Yān) (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (Běi Yān) (409-436)
  4. surname Yan

yàn 燕

  1. swallow (family Hirundinidae)
  2. old variant of 宴 (yàn)

yàn 鷰

  1. variant of 燕 (yàn)
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