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"surname Yan" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
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[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) / surname Yan syn
鄢 yān surname Yan / name of a district in Henan
闫 閆 yán surname Yan
Chinese Pinyin Translation
贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname? / (May I ask) your surname? syn
燕国 燕國 yān guó 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[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)
朴 piáo surname Piao / Korean surname (Park, Pak or Bak) / also pr. [Pu2] syn
汉姓 漢姓 hàn xìng a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group
鄢 wān surname Yan / name of a feudal state
那 nā surname Na syn
老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
眼 yǎn eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) / (often used with 一[yi1]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc syn
区 區 ōu surname Ou
单 單 shàn surname Shan syn
某人 mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname) syn
言 yán words / speech / to say / to talk syn
华 華 huà Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi / surname Hua syn
姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn
巴尔的摩 巴爾的摩 bā ěr dì mó Baltimore (place name, surname etc)
尼克松 ní kè sōng Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974 / surname Nixon
西门 西門 xī mén two-character surname Ximen
中村 zhōng cūn Nakamura (Japanese surname)
海德 hǎi dé Hyde (surname)
山下 shān xià Yamashita (Japanese surname) syn
波罗 波羅 bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo
铃木 鈴木 líng mù Suzuki (Japanese surname)
布尔 布爾 bù ěr Boole (surname) / (math.) Boolean
田中 tián zhōng Tianzhong Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1hua4 Xian4], Taiwan / Tanaka (Japanese surname)
山本 shān běn Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
井上 jǐng shàng Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay")
山田 shān tián Yamada (Japanese surname)
莱特 萊特 lái tè Wright (surname)
考克斯 kǎo kè sī Cox (surname)
惠特曼 huì tè màn Whitman (surname) / Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet and journalist
班克斯 bān kè sī Banks (surname) / Banksy (UK artist)
强生 強生 qiáng shēng Johnson (surname) / Johnson & Johnson (company)
针眼 針眼 zhēn yan (medicine) sty syn
老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn
小林 xiǎo lín Kobayashi (Japanese surname)
施密特 shī mì tè Schmidt or Schmitt (surname)
和田 hé tián see 和田地區|和田地区[He2tian2 Di4qu1] / Wada (Japanese surname and place name)
高桥 高橋 gāo qiáo Takahashi (Japanese surname)
南宫 南宮 nán gōng two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei
大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc
松本 鬆本 sōng běn Matsumoto (Japanese surname and place name)
伊藤 yī téng Itō or Itoh, Japanese surname / Ito-Yokado (supermarket) (abbr. for 伊藤洋華堂|伊藤洋华堂[Yi1teng2 Yang2hua2tang2])
邱吉尔 邱吉爾 qiū jí ěr Winston Churchill (1874-1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955 / surname Churchill
渡边 渡邊 dù biān Watanabe (Japanese surname)
吉田 jí tián Yoshida (Japanese surname and place name)
独孤 獨孤 dú gū two-character surname Dugu
诸葛 諸葛 zhū gě two-character surname Zhuge / Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2]
桥本 橋本 qiáo běn Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name)
司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
夏侯 xià hóu two-character surname Xiahou
弗格森 fú gé sēn Ferguson (surname)
木村 mù cūn Kimura (Japanese surname)
甘泉 gān quán Ganquan county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
博世 bó shì Bosch (surname) / Bosch, German technology company
轩辕 軒轅 xuān yuán two-character surname Xuanyuan syn
平野 píng yě Hirano (Japanese surname)
藤森 téng sēn Fujimori (Japanese surname) / Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (1938-), president of Peru 1990-2000
复姓 複姓 fù xìng two-character surname (such as 司馬|司马[Si1ma3] or 諸葛|诸葛[Zhu1ge3]) syn
东郭 東郭 dōng guō two-character surname Dongguo
欧阳 歐陽 ōu yáng two-character surname Ouyang
慕容 mù róng a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1bei1] nomadic people / two-character surname Murong
公孙 公孫 gōng sūn two-character surname Gongsun
金子 jīn zǐ Kaneko (Japanese surname) syn
百里 bǎi lǐ two-character surname Baili
宇文 yǔ wén a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1bei1] nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen
皇甫 huáng fǔ two-character surname Huangfu
陕北 陝北 shǎn běi Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地
司空 sī kōng two-character surname Sikong
燕赵 燕趙 yān zhào Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers
千叶 千葉 qiān yè Chiba (Japanese surname and place name)
村上 cūn shàng Murakami (Japanese surname)
完颜 完顏 wán yán two-character surname Wanyan
耶律 yē lǜ two-character surname Yelü
令狐 líng hú old place name (in present-day Linyi County 臨猗縣|临猗县[Lin2yi1 Xian4], Shanxi) / two-character surname Linghu
太史 tài shǐ two-character surname Taishi
端木 duān mù two-character surname Duanmu
燕京 yān jīng Yanjing, an old name for Beijing / capital of Yan at different periods
尉迟 尉遲 yù chí two-character surname Yuchi
佐藤 zuǒ téng Satō (Japanese surname)
西村 xī cūn Nishimura (Japanese surname)
谷口 gǔ kǒu Taniguchi (Japanese surname)
大野 dà yě Ōno (Japanese surname and place name)
工藤 gōng téng Kudō (Japanese surname)
吴起 吳起 wú qǐ Wuqi county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
白求恩 bái qiú ēn Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning
呼延 hū yán two-character surname Huyan
淳于 chún yú two-character surname Chunyu
小川 xiǎo chuān Ogawa (Japanese surname)
高云 高雲 gāo yún Gao Yun (died 409) emperor of Northern or Later Yan dynasty
宫崎 宮崎 gōng qí Miyazaki (Japanese surname and place name)
野村 yě cūn Nomura (Japanese surname)
阎锡山 閻錫山 yán xī shān Yan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi
马斯洛 馬斯洛 mǎ sī luò Maslow (surname) / Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), US psychologist
任 rén surname Ren syn
颜真卿 顏真卿 yán zhēn qīng Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty
渔阳 漁陽 yú yáng old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)
申屠 shēn tú two-character surname Shentu
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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