燕子 meaning in English

yànzi

swallow

HSK 7-9noun19 strokes

Meaning of 燕子

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yànzi
  1. swallow

燕子 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

许xǔ多duō燕yàn子zi不bù久jiǔ就jiù要yào从cóng南nán方fāng飞fēi来lái了le。
Many swallows will come soon from the south.
燕yàn子zi飞fēi得de非fēi常cháng快kuài。
Swallows fly very fast.
秋qiū天tiān的de时shí候hòu,燕yàn子zi会huì往wǎng南nán飞fēi。
In the autumn, swallows will fly south.
我wǒ们men能néng看kàn到dào越yuè来lái越yuè多duō的de燕yàn子zi。
We can see more and more swallows.
这zhè只zhǐ燕yàn子zi的de翅chì膀bǎng受shòu伤shāng了le。
This swallow's wing is injured.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

燕 yàn · lovebird · 16 strokes

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子 zi · noun suffix · 3 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 燕子.

孩子háizichild
儿子érzison
房子fángzihouse; building (single- or two-story)
桌子zhuōzitable; desk
杯子bēizicup; glass
包子bāozibaozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
本子běnzibook; notebook
样子yàngziappearance; manner
日子rìziday; a (calendar) date
椅子yǐzichair
瓶子píngzibottle
例子lìzicase; (for) instance

Questions about 燕子

What does 燕子 mean?

燕子 (yànzi) means "swallow" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 燕子?

燕子 is made of 2 characters: 燕 (16 strokes), 子 (3 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 燕子 an HSK word?

Yes. 燕子 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.