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
- 乌燕鸥(烏燕鷗) sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
- 白腰燕鸥(白腰燕鷗) Aleutian tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)
- 燕麦奶 oat milk
- 小燕尾 little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)
- 夜燕 bat ; an insect that eats lychee and longyan
- 灰背燕尾 slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
- 黄嘴河燕鸥(黃嘴河燕鷗) river tern (Sterna aurantia)
- 燕麦(燕麥) oats
- 燕雀 brambling ; small fry
- 燕尾 a swallow's tail ; streamers on a flag
- 白嘴端凤头燕鸥(白嘴端鳳頭燕鷗) sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
- 白腹毛脚燕(白腹毛腳燕) common house martin (Delichon urbicum)
- 处堂燕雀(處堂燕雀) a caged bird in a pavilion; to lose vigilance by comfortable living; unaware of the disasters ahead
- 灰燕䴗(灰燕鶪) ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
- 普通燕鸥(普通燕鷗) common tern (Sterna hirundo)
- 白腰叉尾海燕 Leach's storm petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
- 苍头燕雀(蒼頭燕雀) common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- 曾金燕 Zeng Jinyan
- 大雨落幽燕 on the northern land a heavy rain is pouring
- 普通楼燕(普通樓燕) common swift (Apus apus)
- 莺歌燕舞(鶯歌燕舞) the warbler sings and the swallow dances; prosperity abounds
- 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
- 白冠燕尾 white-crowned forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti)
- 暗背雨燕 dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
- 燕子 a swallow
- 乳燕 baby swallow
- 黑腹燕鸥(黑腹燕鷗) black-bellied tern (Sterna acuticauda)
- 家燕 barn swallow
- 燕饮(燕飲) to eat as a group
- 短嘴金丝燕(短嘴金絲燕) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
- 燕礼(燕禮) banquet rites
- 燕科 Hirundinidae (the family of swallows and martins)
- 纯色岩燕(純色岩燕) dusky crag martin (Ptyonoprogne concolor)
- 燕尾蝶 swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
- 雨燕 swift; Apodidae (the swift family)
- 小白腰雨燕 house swift (Apus nipalensis)
- 燕石为玉(燕石為玉) treat a stone from Yan like jade
- 斑背燕尾 spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus)
- 新婚燕尔(新婚燕爾) newlyweds
- 天燕座 Apus
Also contained in
胡燕妮 、 燕支山 、 幽燕 、 燕国公 、 后燕 、 燕京大学 、 前燕 、 燕山 、 燕京啤酒 、 南燕 、 燕太子丹
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 燕食 (燕食) 大夫燕食 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family — count: 3
- 燕衣 (燕衣) 燕衣不逾祭服 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 3