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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 燕
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 燕 | yān | - 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[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) - surname Yan |
| 燕 | yàn | - swallow (family Hirundinidae) - old variant of 宴[yan4] |
| 燕 | yàn | - variant of 燕[yan4] |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 15,269 | 4,554 | 5,258 |
Other Words Containing 燕
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 燕尾服 | - | - | 15,135 | 69,659 | 51,768 |
| 燕 | - | - | 15,269 | 4,554 | 5,258 |
| 燕麦 | - | - | 16,548 | 23,640 | 9,858 |
| 燕子 | - | 9 | 22,711 | 14,443 | 12,312 |
| 燕窝 | - | - | 41,700 | 29,227 | 15,938 |
| 雨燕 | - | - | 45,961 | - | - |
| 金丝燕 | - | - | 53,417 | - | 122,688 |
| 莺歌燕舞 | - | - | 95,991 | 87,118 | 57,727 |
| 燕雀 | - | - | 96,073 | 97,179 | 60,487 |