飛燕

See also: 飞燕

Chinese

		to fly	swallow (bird); surname; place name
trad. (飛燕)		飛	燕
simp. (飞燕)		飞	燕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēiyàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ jin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēiyàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feiyàn
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-yen⁴
    • Yale: fēi-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiyann
    • Palladius: фэйянь (fɛjjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ jin³
    • Yale: fēi yin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ jin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ yin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ jiːn³³/

Noun

飛燕

1. (literary) flying swallow

Derived terms

• 後飛燕／后飞燕
• 橫飛燕／横飞燕 (héngfēiyàn)
• 雙飛燕／双飞燕

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (飛燕):

• → Japanese: 飛燕(ひえん) (hien)