燕 yān
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yān
proper noun
Yan
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '燕' yān n 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) -
yàn
noun
swallow
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Ornithology , Concept: Bird 鸟
Notes: (Guoyu '燕' yàn n 1) -
yàn
verb
to feast
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '燕' yàn v 1)
Contained in
- 新婚燕尔(新婚燕爾) newlyweds
- 夜燕 bat ; an insect that eats lychee and longyan
- 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志(燕雀安知鴻鵠之志) can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan?
- 燕窝(燕窩) swallow's nest
- 燕隼 Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- 燕雀处堂(燕雀處堂) a caged bird in a pavilion; to lose vigilance by comfortable living; unaware of the disasters ahead
- 燕科 Hirundinidae (the family of swallows and martins)
- 白额燕鸥(白額燕鷗) little tern (Sternula albifrons)
- 黑腹燕鸥(黑腹燕鷗) black-bellied tern (Sterna acuticauda)
- 灰喉针尾雨燕(灰喉針尾雨燕) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
- 线尾燕(線尾燕) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii)
- 来鸿去燕(來鴻去燕) the goose comes, the swallow goes; always on the move
- 棕雨燕 Asian palm swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
- 斑腰燕 striated swallow (Cecropis striolata)
- 燕尾 a swallow's tail ; streamers on a flag
- 苍头燕雀(蒼頭燕雀) common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- 暗背雨燕 dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
- 领燕鸻(領燕鴴) collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
- 凤头树燕(鳳頭樹燕) crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
- 燕麦(燕麥) oats
- 莺歌燕舞(鶯歌燕舞) the warbler sings and the swallow dances; prosperity abounds
- 灰背燕尾 slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
- 普通燕鸥(普通燕鷗) common tern (Sterna hirundo)
- 燕石为玉(燕石為玉) treat a stone from Yan like jade
- 雏燕(雛燕) swallow chick
- 白冠燕尾 white-crowned forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti)
- 黑喉毛角燕 Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
- 燕梳 insurance
- 黑枕燕鸥(黑枕燕鷗) black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana)
- 黑叉尾海燕 Swinhoe's storm petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis)
- 金腰燕 red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica)
- 乌燕鸥(烏燕鷗) sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
- 身轻如燕(身輕如燕) as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl)
- 普通燕鸻(普通燕鴴) oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
- 日本叉尾海燕 Matsudaira's storm petrel (Oceanodroma matsudairae)
- 黑嘴端凤头燕鸥(黑嘴端鳳頭燕鷗) Chinese crested tern (Thalasseus bernsteini)
- 燕礼(燕禮) banquet rites
- 小燕尾 little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)
Also contained in
燕蓟 、 燕赵都市报 、 燕国公 、 南燕 、 后燕 、 燕太子丹 、 胡燕妮 、 燕京 、 燕京啤酒 、 幽燕 、 燕京大学 、 燕子笺 、 北燕
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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
- 《燕召公世家》 House of Yan Shaogong Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 68
- 卷三十一 燕三 Chapter 31: Yan III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — 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: 12
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 来燕 (來燕) 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: 4
- 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
- 燕乐 (燕樂) 以燕樂嘉賓之心 — 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: 4
- 燕于飞 (燕于飛) 燕燕于飛 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧燕燕 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Yan Yan — count: 3
- 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: 3