yán
words
speech
to say
to talk
yǎn
eye
small hole
crux (of a matter)
CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]
classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
yǎn
to develop
to evolve
to practice
to perform
to play
to act
yàn
colorful
splendid
gaudy
amorous
romantic
to envy
yán
tight (closely sealed)
stern
strict
rigorous
severe
father
yān
cigarette or pipe tobacco
CL:根[gen1]
smoke
mist
vapour
CL:縷|缕[lu:3]
tobacco plant
(of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
yàn
to examine
to test
to check
yán
along
to follow (a line, tradition etc)
to carry on
to trim (a border with braid, tape etc)
border
edge
yàn
riverside (often with 兒|儿 erhua)
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 (family Hirundinidae)
old variant of 宴[yan4]
Yán cháng
Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
Gān quán
Ganquan county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
yán
to prolong
to extend
to delay
yǎn
to lie supine
to stop
to fall down
Yán
Yama
gate of village
surname Yan
yān
to inundate
to bury
to cover up
obscured
submerged
Yān shān
Yan mountain range across north Hebei
yǎn
to cover up
to close
to surprise
Wān
surname Yan
name of a feudal state
yān
to flood
to submerge
to drown
to irritate the skin (of liquids)
to delay
Bái Qiú ēn
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
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