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- yàn
English
- dam
- weir
- embankment, dike, bank
Words containing 堰
- 塘堰tong4 jin2
irrigation pond or dam
- 十堰sap6 jin2
see 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 Shi4]
- 都江堰dou1 gong1 jin2
Dujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site
- 圍堰wai4 jin2
a cofferdam
- 姜堰goeng1 jin2
see 姜堰區|姜堰区[Jiang1 yan4 Qu1]
- 十堰市sap6 jin2 si5
Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]
- 堰蜓座jin2 ting4 zo6
Chamaeleon (constellation)
- 都江堰市dou1 gong1 jin2 si5
Dujiangyan, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan
- 堰塞湖jin2 sak1 wu4
barrier lake; landslide dam
- 姜堰區goeng1 jin2 keoi1
Jiangyan, a district of Taizhou City 泰州市[Tai4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu