yàn
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Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning

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MEANING

  1. noun

    Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning(inherited)

    • The State of Yan was a feudal state of the Zhou dynasty.

  2. noun

    north Hebei(inherited)

    • The Yanshan Mountains are located in the northern part of Hebei Province.

  3. noun

    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)(inherited)

  4. noun

    surname Yan(inherited)

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