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雁

yàn

Character

What 雁 means

1. wild goose

Other readings

雁 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yànvariant of {雁|yàn}

Words starting with 雁

• 雁荡Yàn dàngYandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang
• 雁塔区Yàn tǎ QūYanta, a district of Xi'an City 西安市
• 雁山区Yàn shān QūYanshan, a district of Guilin City 桂林市
• 雁峰区Yàn fēng QūYanfeng, a district of Hengyang City 衡阳市
• 雁江区Yàn jiāng QūYanjiang, a district of Ziyang City 资阳市
• 雁荡山Yàn dàng shānYandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang
• 雁过拔毛yàn guò bá máolit. to grab feathers from a flying goose; fig. to seize any opportunity; pragmatic
• 雁杳鱼沉yàn yǎo yú chénwithout news from sb (idiom)
• 雁塔Yàn tǎsee 雁塔区
• 雁山Yàn shānsee 雁山区
• 雁峰Yàn fēngsee 雁峰区
• 雁江Yàn jiāngsee 雁江区

Words containing 雁

• 大雁dà yànwild goose
• 刘宾雁Liú Bīn yànLiu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in…
• 鸿雁hóng yàn(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
• 大雁塔Dà yàn tǎGiant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
• 灰雁huī yàn(bird species of China) greylag goose (Anser anser)
• 胡雁hú yànTatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times
• 豆雁dòu yàn(bird species of China) taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)
• 雪雁xuě yàn(bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens)
• 黑雁hēi yàn(bird species of China) brant (Branta bernicla)
• 小雁塔Xiǎo yàn tǎSmall Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
• 斑头雁bān tóu yàn(bird species of China) bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
• 白额雁bái é yàn(bird species of China) greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
• 加拿大雁Jiā ná dà yàn(bird species of China) cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)
• 小白额雁xiǎo bái é yàn(bird species of China) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)
• 沉鱼落雁chén yú luò yànlit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子
• 白颊黑雁bái jiá hēi yàn(bird species of China) barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
• 短嘴豆雁duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn(bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
• 红胸黑雁hóng xiōng hēi yàn(bird species of China) red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)
• 鱼沉雁杳yú chén yàn yǎolit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom)…

Characters that look like 雁

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 程chéngrule; order; regulations
• 雅yǎelegant
• 雄xióngmale; staminate; grand
• 捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of…
• 稚zhìinfantile; young
• 堀kūcave; hole

Sounds the same

Read yàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 验to examine; to test; to check
• 厌(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with; (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
• 宴(bound form) to entertain at a banquet; (bound form) banquet; feast; (literary) peaceful…
• 艳bright; fresh and attractive; glamorous; (bound form) amorous; romantic…
• 咽to swallow
• 焰flame
• 燕swallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of 宴
• 彦accomplished; elegant
• 砚ink-stone
• 晏late; quiet
• 堰weir
• 滟tossing of billows