Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yàn
English
- wild goose
- wild goose
- wild goose; often noted for their migratory nature
粵語
- 一種大形鳥類，未馴化嘅野生鵝，廣泛分報於北半球，多數係白色、灰色，係一種候鳥（量詞：隻／群）
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 雁
- 黑雁hak1 ngaan6
(bird species of China) brant (Branta bernicla)
- 雪雁syut3 ngaan6
(bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens)
- 灰雁fui1 ngaan6
(bird species of China) greylag goose (Anser anser)
- 豆雁dau6 ngaan6
(bird species of China) taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)
- 鴻雁hung4 ngaan6
(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
- 大雁daai6 ngaan6
wild goose
- 雁山ngaan6 saan1
see 雁山區|雁山区[Yan4 shan1 Qu1]
- 魚雁jyu4 ngaan6
letters; epistles; a messenger
- 飛雁fei1 ngaang6
- 雁江ngaan6 gong1
see 雁江區|雁江区[Yan4 jiang1 Qu1]
- 雁塔ngaan6 taap3
see 雁塔區|雁塔区[Yan4 ta3 Qu1]
- 胡雁wu4 ngaan6
Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times
- 野雁je5 ngaan6
- 雁峰ngaan6 fung1
see 雁峰區|雁峰区[Yan4 feng1 Qu1]
- 雁蕩ngaan6 dong6
Yandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang
- 大雁塔daai6 ngaan6 taap3
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
- 白額雁baak6 ngaak6 ngaan6
(bird species of China) greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
- 斑頭雁baan1 tau4 ngaan6
(bird species of China) bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
- 雁蕩山ngaan6 dong6 saan1
Yandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang
- 加拿大雁gaa1 naa4 daai6 ngaan6
(bird species of China) cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)
- 雁喙ngaan6 fui3
- 沉魚落雁cam4 jyu4 lok6 ngaan6
lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
- 雁山區ngaan6 saan1 keoi1
Yanshan, a district of Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi
- 小白額雁siu2 baak6 ngaak6 ngaan6
(bird species of China) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)