Yān
燕 (Yān) is a Chinese word meaning “Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409–436)”.
Meanings
- 1Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning
- 2north Hebei
- 3the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409–436)
- 4surname Yan
Related words
燕尾服swallow-tailed coat燕swallow (family Hirundinidae)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