yàn
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Meanings

  1. 1 Yan (a Chinese surname)
  2. 2 (literary) late, calm, peaceful

Examples

Yàn Shū shì Běi Sòng zhùmíng cí rén.
Yan Shu was a famous lyric poet of the Northern Song dynasty.
Tā xìng Yàn, míng Qīng, shì wǒ de tóngshì.
His surname is Yan and his given name is Qing — he's my colleague.

Tips

culture
As a single character also has a literary meaning of 'late' (as in 'to rise late') and 'peaceful' (as in 'rivers clear and seas calm' — a peaceful era). The character pictures the sun over a 'peace' element.

In Pop Culture

Yàn Yīng
Yan Ying
Spring and Autumn period statesman of the State of Qi (c. 578-500 BCE), famous for his sharp wit and short stature; subject of the classic 晏子春秋 (Annals of Master Yan).
Yàn Shū
Yan Shu
Northern Song dynasty poet and prime minister (991-1055), one of the great early ci-poetry writers.

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