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燕 - yàn

swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy

swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy

How to read 燕

Click 燕 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinyàn
Englishswallow (bird); comfort, enjoy
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

燕京 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 燕国. Please read 燕子 one more time.

Common words with this character

Yanjing, an old name for Beijing; capital of Yan at different periods
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[Qian2 Yan1] , Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] , Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] , Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1]
swallow
Yan mountain range across north Hebei

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 燕 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 燕京 and 燕国 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

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