燕
yān
north Hebei
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning; 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); surname Yan
Words with 燕
燕京大学
yān jīng dà xué
Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919
曾金燕
zēng jīn yàn
Zeng Jinyan (1983-), Chinese blogger and human rights activist, wife of dissident activist Hu Jia 胡佳[Hu2 Jia1]
郢书燕说
yǐng shū yān shuō
lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it
金丝燕
jīn sī yàn
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
金腰燕
jīn yāo yàn
(bird species of China) red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica)
银燕
yín yàn
silver swallow
雏燕
chú yàn
swallow chick
雨燕
yǔ yàn
swift
领燕鸻
lǐng yàn héng
(bird species of China) collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
凤头树燕
fèng tóu shù yàn
(bird species of China) crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
莺歌燕舞
yīng gē yàn wǔ
the warbler sings and the swallow dances
黄嘴河燕鸥
huáng zuǐ hé yàn ōu
(bird species of China) river tern (Sterna aurantia)