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


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


子長市 Zǐcháng Shì	子長市 \| 子長市* \| *子長市	Zichang, a county-level city in Yan'an City 延安市, Shaanxi	子长市


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


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


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


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


鄢 Yān	鄢 \| 鄢* \| *鄢	surname Yan


鄢 yān	鄢 \| 鄢* \| *鄢	used in 鄢陵 (the name of a place in Henan)


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


安塞區 Ānsài Qū	安塞區 \| 安塞區* \| *安塞區	Ansai, a district of Yan'an City 延安市, Shaanxi	安塞区


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


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


黃龍縣 Huánglóng Xiàn	黃龍縣 \| 黃龍縣* \| *黃龍縣	Huanglong, a county in Yan'an City 延安市, Shaanxi	黄龙县


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


陰陽家 Yīnyángjiā	陰陽家 \| 陰陽家* \| *陰陽家	School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍｜邹衍	阴阳家


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


延 Yán	延 \| 延* \| *延	surname Yan


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


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


鄒衍 Zōu Yǎn	鄒衍 \| 鄒衍* \| *鄒衍	Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)	邹衍


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


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


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


司馬炎 Sīmǎ Yán	司馬炎 \| 司馬炎* \| *司馬炎	Sima Yan (236–290), founder and first emperor (265–290) of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉｜西晋, posthumous name 晉武帝｜晋武帝	司马炎


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


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


燕國 Yānguó	燕國 \| 燕國* \| *燕國	Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern 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)	燕国


南泥灣 Nánníwān	南泥灣 \| 南泥灣* \| *南泥灣	Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi / "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces	南泥湾


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


雁 yàn	雁 \| 雁* \| *雁	wild goose


顏體 yántǐ	顏體 \| 顏體* \| *顏體	Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy)	颜体


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


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


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


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


焰 yàn	焰 \| 焰* \| *焰	flame


呂岩 Lǚ Yán	呂岩 \| 呂岩* \| *呂岩	Lü Yan (lived c. 874), Tang dynasty poet	吕岩


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


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


偃 Yǎn	偃 \| 偃* \| *偃	surname Yan


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


延川縣 Yánchuān Xiàn	延川縣 \| 延川縣* \| *延川縣	Yanchuan, a county in Yan'an City 延安市, Shaanxi	延川县


贗 yàn	贗 \| 贗* \| *贗	false	赝


麣 yán	麣 \| 麣* \| *麣	goat (archaic)


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


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


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


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


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


晏嬰 Yàn Yīng	晏嬰 \| 晏嬰* \| *晏嬰	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	晏婴


胭 yān	胭 \| 胭* \| *胭	rouge


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


諺 yàn	諺 \| 諺* \| *諺	proverb	谚


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


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


嚴 Yán	嚴 \| 嚴* \| *嚴	surname Yan	严


富縣 Fù Xiàn	富縣 \| 富縣* \| *富縣	Fu County or Fuxian, a county in Yan'an City 延安市, Shaanxi	富县


弇 yǎn	弇 \| 弇* \| *弇	to cover / trap


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


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


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


堰 yàn	堰 \| 堰* \| *堰	weir


魘 yǎn	魘 \| 魘* \| *魘	to have a nightmare	魇


志丹縣 Zhìdān Xiàn	志丹縣 \| 志丹縣* \| *志丹縣	Zhidan, a county in Yan'an City 延安市, Shaanxi	志丹县


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


陝北 Shǎnběi	陝北 \| 陝北* \| *陝北	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	陕北


龑 yǎn	龑 \| 龑* \| *龑	(rare) character coined for use in the name of Liu Yan 劉龑｜刘䶮 (889–942), founding emperor of Southern Han	䶮


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


宜川縣 Yíchuān Xiàn	宜川縣 \| 宜川縣* \| *宜川縣	Yichuan, a county in Yan'an City 延安市, Shaanxi	宜川县


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


燕太子丹 Yān Tàizǐ Dān	燕太子丹 \| 燕太子丹* \| *燕太子丹	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


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


北燕 Běi Yān	北燕 \| 北燕* \| *北燕	Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436)


岩 yán	岩 \| 岩* \| *岩	cliff / rock


掩 yǎn	掩 \| 掩* \| *掩	to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack


黃陵縣 Huánglíng Xiàn	黃陵縣 \| 黃陵縣* \| *黃陵縣	Huangling, a county in Yan'an City 延安市, Shaanxi	黄陵县


黶 yǎn	黶 \| 黶* \| *黶	black spots on body	黡


燕趙 Yān Zhào	燕趙 \| 燕趙* \| *燕趙	Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers	燕赵


甗 yǎn	甗 \| 甗* \| *甗	earthenware vessel


顏 Yán	顏 \| 顏* \| *顏	surname Yan	颜


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


棪 yǎn	棪 \| 棪* \| *棪	(tree)


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


甘泉縣 Gānquán Xiàn	甘泉縣 \| 甘泉縣* \| *甘泉縣	Ganquan, a county in Yan'an City 延安市, Shaanxi	甘泉县


前燕 Qián Yān	前燕 \| 前燕* \| *前燕	Former Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (337-370)


南燕 Nán Yān	南燕 \| 南燕* \| *南燕	Southern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-410)


喭 yàn	喭 \| 喭* \| *喭	condole with


妍 yán	妍 \| 妍* \| *妍	beautiful

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