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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
眼 yǎn	眼 \| 眼* \| *眼	eye (CL:隻｜只,雙｜双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc	HSK 2


演 yǎn	演 \| 演* \| *演	to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show) / (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)	HSK 3


盐 yán	盐 \| 盐* \| *盐	salt / CL: 粒	鹽 HSK 4


烟 yān	烟 \| 烟* \| *烟	cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL: 根 / smoke / mist / vapour / CL: 縷｜缕 / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke	煙 HSK 3


严 yán	严 \| 严* \| *严	tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father	嚴 HSK 4


延安市 Yán'ān Shì	延安市 \| 延安市* \| *延安市	Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省｜陕西省


沿 yán	沿 \| 沿* \| *沿	along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge	HSK 6


埏 yán	埏 \| 埏* \| *埏	boundary


燕 Yān	燕 \| 燕* \| *燕	Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337–370), Later Yan 後燕｜后燕 (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409–436) / surname Yan


鄢 Yān	鄢 \| 鄢* \| *鄢	surname Yan / name of a district in Henan


黄陵县 Huánglíngxiàn	黄陵县 \| 黄陵县* \| *黄陵县	Huangling county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	黃陵縣


延 yán	延 \| 延* \| *延	to prolong / to extend / to delay	HSK 7-9


衍 yǎn	衍 \| 衍* \| *衍	to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous


验 yàn	验 \| 验* \| *验	to examine / to test / to check	驗 HSK 7-9


洛川 Luòchuān	洛川 \| 洛川* \| *洛川	Luochuan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi


咽 yàn	咽 \| 咽* \| *咽	to swallow	嚥 HSK 7-9


言 yán	言 \| 言* \| *言	words / speech / to say / to talk


淹 yān	淹 \| 淹* \| *淹	to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay	HSK 7-9


鳽 yán	鳽 \| 鳽* \| *鳽	(used in naming bitterns and several other species of heron) / also pr. [jian1]


燕京 Yānjīng	燕京 \| 燕京* \| *燕京	Yanjing, an old name for Beijing / capital of Yan at different periods


严 Yán	严 \| 严* \| *严	surname Yan	嚴


黄龙县 Huánglóngxiàn	黄龙县 \| 黄龙县* \| *黄龙县	Huanglong county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	黃龍縣


延 Yán	延 \| 延* \| *延	surname Yan


烟 yān	烟 \| 烟* \| *烟	tobacco (variant of 煙｜烟)	菸 HSK 3


严复 Yán Fù	严复 \| 严复* \| *严复	Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences	嚴復


白求恩 Bái Qiú'ēn	白求恩 \| 白求恩* \| *白求恩	Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning


焉 yān	焉 \| 焉* \| *焉	where / how


宴 yàn	宴 \| 宴* \| *宴	(bound form) feast / repose


晏婴 Yàn Yīng	晏婴 \| 晏婴* \| *晏婴	Yan Ying (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as Yanzi 晏子 , hero of book 晏子春秋	晏嬰


燕山 Yānshān	燕山 \| 燕山* \| *燕山	Yan mountain range across north Hebei


延川县 Yánchuānxiàn	延川县 \| 延川县* \| *延川县	Yanchuan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	延川縣


广 yǎn	广 \| 广* \| *广	"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc


厌 yàn	厌 \| 厌* \| *厌	(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with / (literary) to satiate; to satisfy	厭


太子丹 Tàizǐ Dān	太子丹 \| 太子丹* \| *太子丹	Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻｜荆轲 in 227 BC


咽 yān	咽 \| 咽* \| *咽	throat; pharynx / narrow pass


奄 Yǎn	奄 \| 奄* \| *奄	surname Yan


奄 yǎn	奄 \| 奄* \| *奄	suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround


殷 yān	殷 \| 殷* \| *殷	dark red


艳 yàn	艳 \| 艳* \| *艳	bright; fresh and attractive; glamorous / (bound form) amorous; romantic / (literary) to admire; to envy	豔


铅 yán	铅 \| 铅* \| *铅	used in 鉛山｜铅山, a county in Jiangxi	鉛


颜 Yán	颜 \| 颜* \| *颜	surname Yan	顏


颜 yán	颜 \| 颜* \| *颜	color / face / countenance	顏


颜回 Yán Huí	颜回 \| 颜回* \| *颜回	Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 顏淵｜颜渊	顏回


兖 yǎn	兖 \| 兖* \| *兖	used in 兗州｜兖州 (the name of a place in Shandong)	兗


吴起 Wúqǐ	吴起 \| 吴起* \| *吴起	Wuqi county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	吳起


延长 Yáncháng	延长 \| 延长* \| *延长	Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	延長


江郎才尽 Jiānglángcáijìn	江郎才尽 \| 江郎才尽* \| *江郎才尽	Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block	江郎才盡


腌 yān	腌 \| 腌* \| *腌	to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate	醃


雁 yàn	雁 \| 雁* \| *雁	wild goose


䶮 yǎn	䶮 \| 䶮* \| *䶮	high and bright	龑


高云 Gāo Yún	高云 \| 高云* \| *高云	Gao Yun (died 409) emperor of Northern or Later Yan dynasty	高雲


后燕 Hòu Yān	后燕 \| 后燕* \| *后燕	Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)	後燕


讠 yán	讠 \| 讠* \| *讠	"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁	訁


酽 yàn	酽 \| 酽* \| *酽	(of tea, wine etc) strong; (of ink, aroma etc) thick; (of a color) deep; rich	釅


俨 yǎn	俨 \| 俨* \| *俨	majestic / dignified	儼


嫣 yān	嫣 \| 嫣* \| *嫣	(literary) lovely; sweet


炎 yán	炎 \| 炎* \| *炎	flame / inflammation / -itis


焰 yàn	焰 \| 焰* \| *焰	flame


宝塔区 Bǎotǎqū	宝塔区 \| 宝塔区* \| *宝塔区	Baota or Pagoda district of Yan'an city 延安市, Shaanxi	寶塔區


偃 Yǎn	偃 \| 偃* \| *偃	surname Yan


偃 yǎn	偃 \| 偃* \| *偃	to lie supine / to stop / to fall down


赝 yàn	赝 \| 赝* \| *赝	false	贗


𫄧 yán	𫄧 \| 𫄧* \| *𫄧	cap tassels	綖


陕北 Shǎnběi	陕北 \| 陕北* \| *陕北	Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地｜革命圣地	陝北


麣 yán	麣 \| 麣* \| *麣	goat (archaic)


匽 yǎn	匽 \| 匽* \| *匽	to hide, to secrete, to repress / to bend


宜川 Yíchuān	宜川 \| 宜川* \| *宜川	Yichuan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi


夏衍 Xià Yǎn	夏衍 \| 夏衍* \| *夏衍	Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer


延长县 Yánchángxiàn	延长县 \| 延长县* \| *延长县	Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	延長縣


檐 yán	檐 \| 檐* \| *檐	eaves / ledge or brim


吴起县 Wúqǐxiàn	吴起县 \| 吴起县* \| *吴起县	Wuqi county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	吳起縣


宜川县 Yíchuānxiàn	宜川县 \| 宜川县* \| *宜川县	Yichuan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	宜川縣


阏 yān	阏 \| 阏* \| *阏	used in 閼氏｜阏氏	閼


富县 Fùxiàn	富县 \| 富县* \| *富县	Fu county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	富縣


渰 yǎn	渰 \| 渰* \| *渰	(of cloud) forming or rising


郢书燕说 Yǐngshū Yānshuō	郢书燕说 \| 郢书燕说* \| *郢书燕说	lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital 郢 of 楚 in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕 as "promote the wise"	郢書燕說


洛川县 Luòchuānxiàn	洛川县 \| 洛川县* \| *洛川县	Luochuan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	洛川縣


砚 yàn	砚 \| 砚* \| *砚	ink-stone	硯


胭 yān	胭 \| 胭* \| *胭	rouge


莚 yán	莚 \| 莚* \| *莚	bamboo mat / feast, banquet


颜渊 Yán Yuān	颜渊 \| 颜渊* \| *颜渊	Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子, also known as 顏回｜颜回	顏淵


厗奚 Tíxī	厗奚 \| 厗奚* \| *厗奚	old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)


弇 yǎn	弇 \| 弇* \| *弇	to cover / trap


黄陵 Huánglíng	黄陵 \| 黄陵* \| *黄陵	mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor / Huangling county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	黃陵


崦 yān	崦 \| 崦* \| *崦	name of a mountain in Gansu


颜真卿 Yán Zhēnqīng	颜真卿 \| 颜真卿* \| *颜真卿	Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty	顏真卿


堰 yàn	堰 \| 堰* \| *堰	weir


志丹 Zhìdān	志丹 \| 志丹* \| *志丹	Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi


志丹县 Zhìdānxiàn	志丹县 \| 志丹县* \| *志丹县	Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	志丹縣


甘泉 Gānquán	甘泉 \| 甘泉* \| *甘泉	Ganquan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi


谚 yàn	谚 \| 谚* \| *谚	proverb	諺


阎 Yán	阎 \| 阎* \| *阎	surname Yan (sometimes written 閆｜闫 in recent years)	閻


阎 yán	阎 \| 阎* \| *阎	(literary) the gate of a lane	閻


彦 yàn	彦 \| 彦* \| *彦	accomplished / elegant	彥


扊 yǎn	扊 \| 扊* \| *扊	upright bar for fastening a door


恹 yān	恹 \| 恹* \| *恹	used in 懨懨｜恹恹	懨


湮 yān	湮 \| 湮* \| *湮	(literary) to sink into oblivion / (literary) to silt up / Taiwan pr. [yin1]


滟 yàn	滟 \| 滟* \| *滟	tossing of billows	灩


炎亚纶 Yán Yàlún	炎亚纶 \| 炎亚纶* \| *炎亚纶	Aaron Yan (1986-), Taiwanese singer	炎亞綸


阎锡山 Yán Xīshān	阎锡山 \| 阎锡山* \| *阎锡山	Yan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi	閻錫山

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