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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified 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


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


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


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


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


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


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


嚥 yàn	嚥 \| 嚥* \| *嚥	to swallow	咽 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


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


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


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


殷 yān	殷 \| 殷* \| *殷	dark red


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


硯 yàn	硯 \| 硯* \| *硯	ink-stone	砚


顏 Yán	顏 \| 顏* \| *顏	surname Yan	颜


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


雁 yàn	雁 \| 雁* \| *雁	wild goose


晏 Yàn	晏 \| 晏* \| *晏	surname Yan


晏 yàn	晏 \| 晏* \| *晏	late / quiet


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


啱 yān	啱 \| 啱* \| *啱	correct / suitable / to suit sb / just now (Cantonese)


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


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


綖 yán	綖 \| 綖* \| *綖	cap tassels	𫄧


巘 yǎn	巘 \| 巘* \| *巘	peak of mountain	𪩘


弇 yǎn	弇 \| 弇* \| *弇	to cover / trap


厴 yǎn	厴 \| 厴* \| *厴	operculum (Latin: little lid) / a covering flap (in various branches of anatomy)	厣


饜 yàn	饜 \| 饜* \| *饜	to eat to the full	餍


嚴 Yán	嚴 \| 嚴* \| *嚴	surname Yan	严


釅 yàn	釅 \| 釅* \| *釅	strong (of tea)	酽


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


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


延 Yán	延 \| 延* \| *延	surname Yan


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


妍 yán	妍 \| 妍* \| *妍	beautiful


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


蜒 yán	蜒 \| 蜒* \| *蜒	slug / used in 蜿蜒


剡 yǎn	剡 \| 剡* \| *剡	sharp


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


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


験 yàn	験 \| 験* \| *験	Japanese variant of 驗｜验


棪 yǎn	棪 \| 棪* \| *棪	(tree)


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


喭 yàn	喭 \| 喭* \| *喭	condole with


罨 yǎn	罨 \| 罨* \| *罨	foment / valve


芫 yán	芫 \| 芫* \| *芫	used in 芫荽


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


鼴 yǎn	鼴 \| 鼴* \| *鼴	mole	鼹


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


莫言 Mò Yán	莫言 \| 莫言* \| *莫言	Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature


珚 yān	珚 \| 珚* \| *珚	a kind of jade


傿 Yān	傿 \| 傿* \| *傿	name of an immortal / ancient place name / surname Yan


傿 yàn	傿 \| 傿* \| *傿	fraudulent price


厳 yán	厳 \| 厳* \| *厳	Japanese variant of 嚴｜严


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


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


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


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


噞 yǎn	噞 \| 噞* \| *噞	the movement of a fish's mouth at the surface of the water


揜 yǎn	揜 \| 揜* \| *揜	cover up / to surprise


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


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


閆 Yán	閆 \| 閆* \| *閆	surname Yan	闫


豔 yàn	豔 \| 豔* \| *豔	variant of 艷｜艳	艳


讌 yàn	讌 \| 讌* \| *讌	variant of 宴	䜩


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


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


焉 yān	焉 \| 焉* \| *焉	where / how


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


子長 Zǐcháng	子長 \| 子長* \| *子長	Zichang county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	子长


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


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


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


子長縣 Zǐchángxiàn	子長縣 \| 子長縣* \| *子長縣	Zichang county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi	子长县


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


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


懨 yān	懨 \| 懨* \| *懨	used in 懨懨｜恹恹	恹


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


硏 yán	硏 \| 硏* \| *硏	variant of 研


巖 yán	巖 \| 巖* \| *巖	variant of 岩	岩


姸 yán	姸 \| 姸* \| *姸	variant of 妍 / beautiful


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


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


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


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


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


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


嵒 yán	嵒 \| 嵒* \| *嵒	variant of 巖｜岩	岩


乵 yǎn	乵 \| 乵* \| *乵	archaic variant of 進｜进


延安市 Yán'ānshì	延安市 \| 延安市* \| *延安市	Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi 陝西｜陕西, communist headquarters during the war


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


偃 Yǎn	偃 \| 偃* \| *偃	surname Yan


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


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


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


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

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