| yān | 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)/surname Yan |
| yàn | swallow (a type of bird) |
| 燕 | 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) |
| 燕京 | Yanjing, an old name for Beijing capital of Yan at different periods |
| 燕京啤酒 | Yangjing beer (Beijing beer) |
| 燕京大学 | Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919 |
| 燕京酒 | Yangjing brewery in Beijing |
| 燕京酒啤酒 | Yangjing beer (Beijing beer) |
| 燕八哥 | [Zoology] a starling |
| 燕国 | 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 荆轲 in 227 BC |
| 燕好 | be very fond of each other; be happily married |
| 燕婉之求 | a demand for an ideal husband |
| 燕子 | swallow |
| 燕子领 | a wing collar |
| 燕安 | comfort; ease; peace |
| 燕尔新婚 | marital happiness |
| 燕尾服 | swallow-tailed coat tails |
| 燕尾蝶 | swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae) |
| 燕山 | Yan mountain range across north Hebei |
| 燕巢 | Yanchao township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县 |
| 燕巢乡 | Yanchao township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县 |