燕 yān

1. yān proper noun Yan
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '燕' yān n 2)
2. yān proper noun State of Yan
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
   Notes: Could refer to one of the Seven Warring States or a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms (Guoyu '燕' yān n 1)
3. yàn noun swallow
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Ornithology , Concept: Bird 鸟
   Notes: (Guoyu '燕' yàn n 1)
4. yàn verb to feast
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '燕' yàn v 1)

Contained in

• 莺声燕语(鶯聲燕語) experienced and well spoken
• 燕尾 a swallow's tail ; streamers on a flag
• 普通燕鸥(普通燕鷗) common tern (Sterna hirundo)
• 线尾燕(線尾燕) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii)
• 纯色岩燕(純色岩燕) dusky crag martin (Ptyonoprogne concolor)
• 普通燕鸻(普通燕鴴) oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
• 黑叉尾海燕 Swinhoe's storm petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis)
• 褐翅叉尾海燕 Tristram's storm petrel (Oceanodroma tristrami)
• 黑枕燕鸥(黑枕燕鷗) black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana)
• 白嘴端凤头燕鸥(白嘴端鳳頭燕鷗) sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
• 黑喉毛角燕 Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
• 斑背燕尾 spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus)
• 褐喉沙燕 grey-throated martin (Riparia chinensis)
• 黑背燕尾 black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
• 天燕座 Apus
• 燕子 a swallow
• 燕子衔泥垒大窝(燕子銜泥壘大窩) the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time / many a little makes a mickle
• 小白腰雨燕 house swift (Apus nipalensis)
• 白喉针尾雨燕(白喉針尾雨燕) white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
• 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志(燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志) can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan?
• 白额燕鸥(白額燕鷗) little tern (Sternula albifrons)
• 燕科 Hirundinidae (the family of swallows and martins)
• 戈氏金丝燕(戈氏金絲燕) Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)
• 劳燕分飞(勞燕分飛) the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions
• 金丝燕(金絲燕) 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
• 贻燕(貽燕) to leave peace for the future generations
• 短嘴金丝燕(短嘴金絲燕) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
• 灰背燕尾 slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
• 灰燕䴗(灰燕鶪) ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
• 燕麦粥(燕麥粥) oatmeal / porridge
• 凤头树燕(鳳頭樹燕) crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
• 燕雀 brambling ; small fry
• 家燕 barn swallow
• 白眼河燕 white-eyed river martin (Pseudochelidon sirintarae)
• 燕礼(燕禮) banquet rites
• 乌燕鸥(烏燕鷗) sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
• 燕尾蝶 swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
• 燕雀乌鹊(燕雀烏鵲) sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie / any Tom, Dick or Harry / a bunch of nobodies

Also contained in

燕京 、 胡燕妮 、 玄沙闻燕子声 、 燕云十六州 、 燕国 、 燕子笺 、 燕国公 、 前燕 、 孙燕姿 、 燕歌行 、 燕帖木儿 、 燕京大学 、 燕山

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Truncated for common words

• 卷三十　燕二 Chapter 30: Yan II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 193
• 卷二十九　燕一 Chapter 29: Yan I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 191
• 《蘇秦列傳》 Biography of Su Qin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 117
• 第八十一回 Chapter 81 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 106
• 卷一百四十二 列傳第三十 鐵鉉 暴昭 陳性善 張昺 謝貴 彭二 宋忠 馬宣 瞿能 張倫 顏伯瑋 王省 姚善 陳彥回 Volume 142 Biographies 30: Tie Xuan, Bao Zhao, Chen Xingshan, Zhang Bing, Xie Gui, Peng Er, Song Zhong, Ma Xuan, Ju Neng, Zhang Lun, Yan Bowei, Wang Sheng, Yao Shan, Chen Yanhui History of Ming 明史 — count: 84
• 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 82
• 卷一百四十一 列傳第二十九 齊泰 黃子澄 方孝孺 練子寧 茅大芳 卓敬 陳迪 景清 連楹 胡閏 王度 Volume 141 Biographies 29: Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, Lian Zining, Mao DaFang, Zhuo Jing, Chen Di, Jing Qing, Lian Ying, Hu Run, Wang Du History of Ming 明史 — count: 72
• 卷四 本紀第四 恭閔帝 Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Gongming History of Ming 明史 — count: 70
• 卷三十一　燕三 Chapter 31: Yan III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 68
• 《燕召公世家》 House of Yan Shaogong Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 68

Collocations

• 燕燕 (燕燕) 燕燕 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧燕燕 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Yan Yan — count: 16
• 燕人 (燕人) 燕人畏鄭三軍而不虞制人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 9
• 燕居 (燕居) 或燕燕居息 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧北山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Bei Shan — count: 7
• 燕师 (燕師) 燕師所完 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧韓奕 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Han Yi — count: 7
• 式燕 (式燕) 嘉賓式燕以敖 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧鹿鳴 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Lu Ming — count: 7
• 燕饮 (燕飲) 公尸燕飲 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧鳧鷖 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Fu Yi — count: 6
• 王燕 (王燕) 王燕食 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 5
• 尸燕 (屍燕) 公尸燕飲 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧鳧鷖 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Fu Yi — count: 5
• 燕来 (燕來) 公尸來燕來寧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧鳧鷖 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Fu Yi — count: 5
• 用燕 (用燕) 用燕喪威儀 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 酒誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement about Drunkenness — count: 4