Miaozi

燕

鷰

yànㄧㄢˋ
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Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    variant of 燕[yan4]

  2. 2

    Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning

  3. 3

    north Hebei

  4. 4

    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)

  5. 5

    surname Yan

  6. 6

    swallow (family Hirundinidae)

  7. 7

    old variant of 宴[yan4]

Examples

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我們早餐有燕麥和玉米。

Our breakfast has oats and corn in it.

燕妮要发脾气了。

燕妮要發脾氣了。

Yanni was losing his temper.

燕妮喝醉了。

Yanni is wasted.

燕妮是个被宠坏的孩子。

燕妮是個被寵壞的孩子。

Yanni is a spoiled kid.

燕妮跌到谷底。

Yanni hit rock bottom.

Characters

Character breakdown

口

kǒu

mouth

北

běi

north

Related

Related: 燕

燕窝

yàn wō

edible bird's nest

Stroke practice

Practice writing 燕

Characters

simplified script

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