| 前 |
Qián Yān | Former Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (337-370) |
| 前 |
qián | front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly |
| 燕 |
Yān | Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436) / surname Yan |
| 燕 |
yàn | swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of 宴 |
| 燕 |
yàn | variant of 燕 |