Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436); surname Yan
(bird species of China) dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
白额燕鸥白額燕鷗bai2 e2 yan4 ou1
(bird species of China) little tern (Sternula albifrons)
白腹毛脚燕白腹毛腳燕bai2 fu4 mao2 jiao3 yan4
(bird species of China) common house martin (Delichon urbicum))
白冠燕尾白冠燕尾bai2 guan1 yan4 wei3
(bird species of China) white-crowned forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti)
白喉针尾雨燕白喉針尾雨燕bai2 hou2 zhen1 wei3 yu3 yan4
(bird species of China) white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
白晓燕白曉燕bai2 xiao3 yan4
Pai Hsiao-yen (daughter of Pai Ping-ping)
白眼河燕白眼河燕bai2 yan3 he2 yan4
(bird species of China) white-eyed river martin (Pseudochelidon sirintarae)
白腰叉尾海燕白腰叉尾海燕bai2 yao1 cha1 wei3 hai3 yan4
(bird species of China) Leach's storm petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
白腰燕鸥白腰燕鷗bai2 yao1 yan4 ou1
(bird species of China) Aleutian tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)
白嘴端凤头燕鸥白嘴端鳳頭燕鷗bai2 zui3 duan1 feng4 tou2 yan4 ou1
(bird species of China) sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
斑背燕尾斑背燕尾ban1 bei4 yan4 wei3
(bird species of China) spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus)
斑腰燕斑腰燕ban1 yao1 yan4
(bird species of China) striated swallow (Cecropis striolata)
北燕北燕bei3 yan1
Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436)
苍头燕雀蒼頭燕雀cang1 tou2 yan4 que4
(bird species of China) common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
雏燕雛燕chu2 yan4
swallow chick
处堂燕雀處堂燕雀chu4 tang2 yan4 que4
lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living; unaware of the disasters ahead; a fool's paradise
纯色岩燕純色岩燕chun2 se4 yan2 yan4
(bird species of China) dusky crag martin (Ptyonoprogne concolor)
大凤头燕鸥大鳳頭燕鷗da4 feng4 tou2 yan4 ou1
(bird species of China) greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii)
淡色崖沙燕淡色崖沙燕dan4 se4 ya2 sha1 yan4
(bird species of China) pale martin (Riparia diluta)
短嘴金丝燕短嘴金絲燕duan3 zui3 jin1 si1 yan4
(bird species of China) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
粉红燕鸥粉紅燕鷗fen3 hong2 yan4 ou1
(bird species of China) roseate tern (Sterna dougallii)
凤头树燕鳳頭樹燕feng4 tou2 shu4 yan4
(bird species of China) crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
戈氏金丝燕戈氏金絲燕ge1 shi4 jin1 si1 yan4
(bird species of China) German's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)
褐翅叉尾海燕褐翅叉尾海燕he4 chi4 cha1 wei3 hai3 yan4
(bird species of China) Tristram's storm petrel (Oceanodroma tristrami)
褐翅燕鸥褐翅燕鷗he4 chi4 yan4 ou1
(bird species of China) bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
褐喉沙燕褐喉沙燕he4 hou2 sha1 yan4
(bird species of China) grey-throated martin (Riparia chinensis)
黑背燕尾黑背燕尾hei1 bei4 yan4 wei3
(bird species of China) black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
黑叉尾海燕黑叉尾海燕hei1 cha1 wei3 hai3 yan4
(bird species of China) Swinhoe's storm petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis)
黑翅燕鸻黑翅燕鴴hei1 chi4 yan4 heng2
(bird species of China) black-winged pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)
黑腹燕鸥黑腹燕鷗hei1 fu4 yan4 ou1
(bird species of China) black-bellied tern (Sterna acuticauda)
黑喉毛角燕黑喉毛角燕hei1 hou2 mao2 jiao3 yan4
(bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
黑枕燕鸥黑枕燕鷗hei1 zhen3 yan4 ou1
(bird species of China) black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana)
黑嘴端凤头燕鸥黑嘴端鳳頭燕鷗hei1 zui3 duan1 feng4 tou2 yan4 ou1
(bird species of China) Chinese crested tern (Thalasseus bernsteini)
后燕後燕hou4 yan1
Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)
胡燕妮胡燕妮hu2 yan1 ni1
Jenny Hu
黄嘴河燕鸥黃嘴河燕鷗huang2 zui3 he2 yan4 ou1
(bird species of China) river tern (Sterna aurantia)
灰背燕尾灰背燕尾hui1 bei4 yan4 wei3
(bird species of China) slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
灰喉针尾雨燕灰喉針尾雨燕hui1 hou2 zhen1 wei3 yu3 yan4
(bird species of China) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
灰燕鸻灰燕鴴hui1 yan4 heng2
(bird species of China) small pratincole (Glareola lactea)
灰燕䴗灰燕鶪hui1 yan4 ju2
(bird species of China) ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
家燕家燕jia1 yan4
(bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
金丝燕金絲燕jin1 si1 yan4
giant swiftlet (collocalia gigas)
金腰燕金腰燕jin1 yao1 yan4
(bird species of China) red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica)
来鸿去燕來鴻去燕lai2 hong2 qu4 yan4
lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
劳燕分飞勞燕分飛lao2 yan4 fen1 fei1
not wishing to part
领燕鸻領燕鴴ling3 yan4 heng2
(bird species of China) collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
南燕南燕nan2 yan1
Southern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-410)
普通楼燕普通樓燕pu3 tong1 lou2 yan4
(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)
普通燕鸻普通燕鴴pu3 tong1 yan4 heng2
(bird species of China) oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
普通燕鸥普通燕鷗pu3 tong1 yan4 ou1
(bird species of China) common tern (Sterna hirundo)
前燕前燕qian2 yan1
Former Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (337-370)
日本叉尾海燕日本叉尾海燕ri4 ben3 cha1 wei3 hai3 yan4
(bird species of China) Matsudaira's storm petrel (Oceanodroma matsudairae)
身轻如燕身輕如燕shen1 qing1 ru2 yan4
as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl)
孙燕姿孫燕姿sun1 yan4 zi1
Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter
天燕座天燕座tian1 yan4 zuo4
Apus (constellation)
乌燕鸥烏燕鷗wu1 yan4 ou1
(bird species of China) sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
线尾燕線尾燕xian4 wei3 yan4
(bird species of China) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii)
小白腰雨燕小白腰雨燕xiao3 bai2 yao1 yu3 yan4
(bird species of China) house swift (Apus nipalensis)
小凤头燕鸥小鳳頭燕鷗xiao3 feng4 tou2 yan4 ou1
(bird species of China) lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)
小燕尾小燕尾xiao3 yan4 wei3
(bird species of China) little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)
新婚燕尔新婚燕爾xin1 hun1 yan4 er3
newlyweds; love birds
崖沙燕崖沙燕ya2 sha1 yan4
(bird species of China) sand martin (Riparia riparia)
烟腹毛脚燕煙腹毛腳燕yan1 fu4 mao2 jiao3 yan4
(bird species of China) Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
燕国燕國yan1 guo2
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436)
烟黑叉尾海燕煙黑叉尾海燕yan1 hei1 cha1 wei3 hai3 yan4
(bird species of China) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
燕京燕京yan1 jing1
Yanjing, an old name for Beijing; capital of Yan at different periods
燕京大学燕京大學yan1 jing1 da4 xue2
Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919
燕京啤酒燕京啤酒yan1 jing1 pi2 jiu3
Yangjing beer (Beijing beer)
燕山燕山yan1 shan1
Yan mountain range across north Hebei
燕太子丹燕太子丹yan1 tai4 zi3 dan1
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC
燕尾蝶燕尾蝶yan1 wei3 die2
swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
燕赵燕趙yan1 zhao4
Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi; beautiful women; women dancers and singers
燕赵都市报燕趙都市報yan1 zhao4 du1 shi4 bao4
Yanzhao Metropolis Daily
岩燕岩燕yan2 yan4
(bird species of China) Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
燕巢燕巢yan4 chao2
Yanchao township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县, southwest Taiwan
燕巢乡燕巢鄉yan4 chao2 xiang1
Yanchao township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县, southwest Taiwan
燕科燕科yan4 ke1
Hirundinidae (the family of swallows and martins)
燕麦燕麥yan4 mai4
oats
燕麦粥燕麥粥yan4 mai4 zhou1
oatmeal; porridge
燕雀燕雀yan4 que4
(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla); (fig.) small fry
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
燕梳燕梳yan4 shu1
(dialect) insurance (loanword)
燕隼燕隼yan4 sun3
(bird species of China) Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo)
燕尾服燕尾服yan4 wei3 fu2
swallow-tailed coat; tails
燕窝燕窩yan4 wo1
swallow's nest
燕子燕子yan4 zi5
swallow
燕子衔泥垒大窝燕子銜泥壘大窩yan4 zi5 xian2 ni2 lei3 da4 wo1
the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom); many a little makes a mickle
洋燕洋燕yang2 yan4
(bird species of China) Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
贻燕貽燕yi2 yan4
to leave peace for the future generations
银燕銀燕yin2 yan4
silver swallow; airplane (affectionate)
莺歌燕舞鶯歌燕舞ying1 ge1 yan4 wu3
the warbler sings and the swallow dances; prosperity abounds (idiom)
郢书燕说郢書燕說ying3 shu1 yan1 shuo1
lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it; fig. to misinterpret the original meaning; to pile up errors; refers to the letter from capital 郢 of 楚 in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕 as "promote the wise"
雨燕雨燕yu3 yan4
swift; Apodidae (the swift family)
曾金燕曾金燕zeng1 jin1 yan4
Zeng Jinyan (1983-), Chinese blogger and human rights activist, wife of dissident activist Hu Jia 胡佳
棕雨燕棕雨燕zong1 yu3 yan4
(bird species of China) Asian palm swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)