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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
眼 yǎn	眼 \| 眼* \| *眼	eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL: 隻｜只, 雙｜双 / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots 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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


咽 yàn	咽 \| 咽* \| *咽	variant of 嚥｜咽	HSK 7-9


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


验 yàn	验 \| 验* \| *验	variant of 驗｜验	騐 HSK 7-9


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


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


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


研 yán	研 \| 研* \| *研	to grind / study / research


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


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


焰 yàn	焰 \| 焰* \| *焰	flame


晏 Yàn	晏 \| 晏* \| *晏	surname Yan


晏 yàn	晏 \| 晏* \| *晏	late / quiet


颜 Yán	颜 \| 颜* \| *颜	surname Yan	顏


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


雁 yàn	雁 \| 雁* \| *雁	wild goose


延 Yán	延 \| 延* \| *延	surname Yan


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


偃 Yǎn	偃 \| 偃* \| *偃	surname Yan


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


艳 yàn	艳 \| 艳* \| *艳	colorful / splendid / gaudy / amorous / romantic / to envy	艷


黄龙 Huánglóng	黄龙 \| 黄龙* \| *黄龙	Huanglong county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	黃龍


燕 yàn	燕 \| 燕* \| *燕	swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of 宴


燕 yàn	燕 \| 燕* \| *燕	variant of 燕	鷰


妍 yán	妍 \| 妍* \| *妍	beautiful


闫 Yán	闫 \| 闫* \| *闫	surname Yan	閆


殷 yān	殷 \| 殷* \| *殷	dark red


渔阳 Yúyáng	渔阳 \| 渔阳* \| *渔阳	old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)	漁陽


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


谳 yàn	谳 \| 谳* \| *谳	to decide judicially	讞


漹 Yān	漹 \| 漹* \| *漹	(archaic) river name


酽 yàn	酽 \| 酽* \| *酽	strong (of tea)	釅


嬿 yàn	嬿 \| 嬿* \| *嬿	lovely


焉 yān	焉 \| 焉* \| *焉	where / how


焱 yàn	焱 \| 焱* \| *焱	variant of 焰


宴 yàn	宴 \| 宴* \| *宴	variant of 宴	醼


焰 yàn	焰 \| 焰* \| *焰	variant of 焰	燄


觃 yàn	觃 \| 觃* \| *觃	(used in place names)	覎


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


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


恹 yān	恹 \| 恹* \| *恹	used in 懨懨｜恹恹	懨


郔 Yán	郔 \| 郔* \| *郔	(place name)


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


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


岩 yán	岩 \| 岩* \| *岩	cliff / rock


阏 yān	阏 \| 阏* \| *阏	see 閼氏｜阏氏	閼


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


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


颜 yán	颜 \| 颜* \| *颜	Japanese variant of 顏｜颜	顔


延川 Yánchuān	延川 \| 延川* \| *延川	Yanchuan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi


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


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


雁 yàn	雁 \| 雁* \| *雁	variant of 雁	鴈


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


砚 yàn	砚 \| 砚* \| *砚	ink-stone	硯


鴳 yàn	鴳 \| 鴳* \| *鴳	quail


唁 yàn	唁 \| 唁* \| *唁	to extend condolences


堰 yàn	堰 \| 堰* \| *堰	weir


沇 Yǎn	沇 \| 沇* \| *沇	surname Yan


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


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


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


严 Yán	严 \| 严* \| *严	surname Yan	嚴


安塞 Ānsāi	安塞 \| 安塞* \| *安塞	Ansai county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi


琰 yǎn	琰 \| 琰* \| *琰	gem / glitter of gems


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


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


艳 yàn	艳 \| 艳* \| *艳	variant of 艷｜艳	艶


艳 yàn	艳 \| 艳* \| *艳	old variant of 豔｜艳	豓


艳 yàn	艳 \| 艳* \| *艳	variant of 艷｜艳	豔


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


麣 yán	麣 \| 麣* \| *麣	goat (archaic)


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


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


兖 yǎn	兖 \| 兖* \| *兖	used in 兗州｜兖州	兗


延安 Yán'ān	延安 \| 延安* \| *延安	Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi, wartime stronghold of the communists from the mid-1930s until 1949


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


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


阉 yān	阉 \| 阉* \| *阉	to castrate / a castrate / neuter	閹


赝 yàn	赝 \| 赝* \| *赝	false	贗


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


谚 yàn	谚 \| 谚* \| *谚	proverb	諺


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


埏 yán	埏 \| 埏* \| *埏	boundary


揅 yán	揅 \| 揅* \| *揅	grind fine / study / research


爓 yàn	爓 \| 爓* \| *爓	flame


奄 Yǎn	奄 \| 奄* \| *奄	surname Yan


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


南泥湾 Nánníwān	南泥湾 \| 南泥湾* \| *南泥湾	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	南泥灣


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

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