yàn

swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of [[宴<yàn>]]

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

yànzi

swallow

xiǎofèngtóuyànōu

(Chinese bird species) lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)

zōngyǔyàn

(Chinese bird species) Asian palm swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)

yānfùmáojiǎoyàn

(Chinese bird species) Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)

yáshāyàn

(Chinese bird species) sand martin (Riparia riparia)

yānhēichāwěihǎiyàn

(Chinese bird species) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)

yányàn

(Chinese bird species) Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)

xiǎobáiyāoyǔyàn

(Chinese bird species) house swift (Apus nipalensis)