# 燕子 (yànzi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 燕子 (yànzi) means “swallow (bird)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: swallow (bird)
- Pinyin: yànzi (yan4 zi5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 春天来了，燕子飞回来了。
  Chūntiān láile, yànzi fēi huíláile.
  When spring comes, the swallows fly back.

## Characters

- 燕 (yàn): swallow (family Hirundinidae)
- [子](https://hanziro.com/word/zi-noun-suffix/) (zi): (suffix) noun suffix; child

https://hanziro.com/word/yan-zi-swallow/

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