yàn
燕 (yàn) is a Chinese word meaning “swallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of 宴[yan4]”.
Meanings
- 1swallow (family Hirundinidae)
- 2old variant of 宴[yan4]
Related words
燕尾服swallow-tailed coat燕Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning燕variant of 燕[yan4]燕麦oats燕子swallow燕窝edible bird's nest雨燕swift金丝燕Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup莺歌燕舞the warbler sings and the swallow dances燕雀(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)乌燕鸥(bird species of China) sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)乳燕baby swallow