"宴" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /jɛn⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jiːn³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /i̯en⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /(j)i̯an⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /iɛn²¹/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /iɛn⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /iɛn²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /iɛn¹¹/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /iɛn²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /aŋ²¹³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /jɛn⁵¹/, /jiːn³³/, /i̯en⁵⁵/, /(j)i̯an⁵⁵/, /iɛn²¹/, /iɛn⁴¹/, /iɛn²¹/, /iɛn¹¹/, /iɛn²¹/, /aŋ²¹³/ Chinese transliterations: yàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], yan⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jin³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yen [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], yan [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], iàn [Hokkien, POJ], ang³ [Peng'im, Teochew], yàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yen⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yàn [Mandarin, Yale], yann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], янь [Mandarin, Palladius], janʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], yin [Cantonese, Yale], jin³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yin³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], yen [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ien [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yan⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yan [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], ian [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], yan⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], iàn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], iexn [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], àng [POJ, Teochew], 'enX [Middle-Chinese], 'enH [Middle-Chinese], /*ʔˤe[n]-s/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*qeːnʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*qeːns/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qeːnʔ, *qeːns) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 妟 (). Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *qeːnʔ, *qeːns}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qeːnʔ, *qeːns), {{m|zh|宀//|||tr=-}} 宀, {{m|zh|妟//|||tr=}} 妟 (), {{Han compound|宀|妟|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qeːnʔ, *qeːns) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 妟 () Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 宴
  1. (literary) comfortable; peaceful; happy Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-宴-zh-character-YkQBrgGc
  2. banquet; feast
    Sense id: en-宴-zh-character-0TXooMAu Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 27 42 31 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 80 10
  3. to host a banquet; to entertain
    Sense id: en-宴-zh-character-nCaNkCKB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 享宴, 便宴 (biànyàn), 午宴 (wǔyàn), 喜宴 (xǐyàn), 國宴 (guóyàn), 国宴 (guóyàn), 大宴, 大宴小酌, 大宴賓客, 大宴宾客, 天下沒有不散的宴席 (tiānxià méiyǒu bùsàn de yànxí), 天下没有不散的宴席 (tiānxià méiyǒu bùsàn de yànxí), 天下無不散的宴席, 天下无不散的宴席, 婚宴 (hūnyàn), 宴坐, 宴媟, 宴安, 宴安鴆毒, 宴安鸩毒, 宴客 (yànkè), 宴宴, 家宴 (jiāyàn), 宴席 (yànxí), 宴息, 宴會 (yànhuì), 宴会 (yànhuì), 宴樂, 宴乐, 宴歌, 宴游, 宴然, 宴爾新婚, 宴尔新婚, 宴私, 宴見, 宴见, 宴請 (yànqǐng), 宴请 (yànqǐng), 宴集, 宴飲, 宴饮, 宴餞, 宴饯, 宴饗, 宴飨, 弔宴, 吊宴, 恩榮宴, 恩荣宴, 慶功宴 (qìnggōngyàn), 庆功宴 (qìnggōngyàn), 排宴, 探春之宴, 探花宴, 晚宴 (wǎnyàn), 曲宴, 曲江宴, 梁園宴雪, 梁园宴雪, 櫻桃宴, 樱桃宴, 款宴, 歡宴, 欢宴, 瓊林宴, 琼林宴, 盛宴 (shèngyàn), 祖宴, 筵宴 (yányàn), 結婚宴會, 结婚宴会, 聞喜宴, 闻喜宴, 設宴 (shèyàn), 设宴 (shèyàn), 謝師宴 (xièshīyàn), 谢师宴 (xièshīyàn), 賜宴 (cìyàn), 赐宴 (cìyàn), 赴宴 (fùyàn), 邀宴, 酒宴 (jiǔyàn), 酺宴, 野宴, 錢龍宴, 钱龙宴, 閒宴, 闲宴, 飫宴, 饫宴, 飲宴 (yǐnyàn), 饮宴 (yǐnyàn), 饗宴 (xiǎngyàn), 飨宴 (xiǎngyàn), 鴻門宴 (hóngményàn), 鸿门宴 (hóngményàn), 鷹揚宴, 鹰扬宴, 鹿鳴宴 (lùmíngyàn), 鹿鸣宴 (lùmíngyàn)

Alternative forms

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      "word": "享宴"
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      "roman": "biànyàn",
      "word": "便宴"
    },
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      "roman": "wǔyàn",
      "word": "午宴"
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      "word": "喜宴"
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      "word": "國宴"
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      "word": "大宴小酌"
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      "word": "大宴賓客"
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      "word": "大宴宾客"
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      "roman": "tiānxià méiyǒu bùsàn de yànxí",
      "word": "天下沒有不散的宴席"
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      "roman": "tiānxià méiyǒu bùsàn de yànxí",
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      "roman": "jiāyàn",
      "word": "家宴"
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      "word": "宴會"
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      "roman": "yànhuì",
      "word": "宴会"
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      "word": "宴樂"
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      "word": "宴乐"
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      "word": "宴歌"
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      "word": "宴游"
    },
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      "word": "宴然"
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      "word": "宴爾新婚"
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      "word": "宴尔新婚"
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      "word": "宴私"
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      "word": "宴見"
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      "word": "宴见"
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      "roman": "yànqǐng",
      "word": "宴請"
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    {
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      "roman": "yànqǐng",
      "word": "宴请"
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      "word": "宴集"
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      "word": "宴飲"
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      "word": "宴饮"
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      "word": "宴餞"
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      "word": "宴饯"
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      "word": "宴饗"
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      "word": "宴飨"
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    {
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      "word": "弔宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "吊宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "恩榮宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "恩荣宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "qìnggōngyàn",
      "word": "慶功宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "qìnggōngyàn",
      "word": "庆功宴"
    },
    {
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      "word": "排宴"
    },
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      "word": "探春之宴"
    },
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      "word": "探花宴"
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    {
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      "roman": "wǎnyàn",
      "word": "晚宴"
    },
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      "word": "曲宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "曲江宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "梁園宴雪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "梁园宴雪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "櫻桃宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "樱桃宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "款宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "歡宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "欢宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "瓊林宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "琼林宴"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "shèngyàn",
      "word": "盛宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "祖宴"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "yányàn",
      "word": "筵宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "結婚宴會"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "结婚宴会"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "聞喜宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "闻喜宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shèyàn",
      "word": "設宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shèyàn",
      "word": "设宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xièshīyàn",
      "word": "謝師宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xièshīyàn",
      "word": "谢师宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "cìyàn",
      "word": "賜宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "cìyàn",
      "word": "赐宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fùyàn",
      "word": "赴宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "邀宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiǔyàn",
      "word": "酒宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "酺宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "野宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "錢龍宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "钱龙宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "閒宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "闲宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "飫宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "饫宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǐnyàn",
      "word": "飲宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǐnyàn",
      "word": "饮宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiǎngyàn",
      "word": "饗宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiǎngyàn",
      "word": "飨宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "hóngményàn",
      "word": "鴻門宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "hóngményàn",
      "word": "鸿门宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "鷹揚宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "鹰扬宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lùmíngyàn",
      "word": "鹿鳴宴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lùmíngyàn",
      "word": "鹿鸣宴"
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            "jje4t": "",
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            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
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            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
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            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
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            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
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        "comfortable; peaceful; happy"
      ],
      "id": "en-宴-zh-character-YkQBrgGc",
      "links": [
        [
          "comfortable",
          "comfortable"
        ],
        [
          "peaceful",
          "peaceful"
        ],
        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) comfortable; peaceful; happy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 42 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 80 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "banquet; feast"
      ],
      "id": "en-宴-zh-character-0TXooMAu",
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        [
          "banquet",
          "banquet"
        ],
        [
          "feast",
          "feast"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-宴-zh-character-nCaNkCKB",
      "links": [
        [
          "host",
          "host"
        ],
        [
          "banquet",
          "banquet"
        ],
        [
          "entertain",
          "entertain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "янь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "janʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯en⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯an⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iexn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aŋ²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'enX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'enH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ʔˤe[n]-s/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*qeːnʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*qeːns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯en⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯an⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aŋ²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[n]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*qeːnʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*qeːns/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "宴"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "享宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biànyàn",
      "word": "便宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǔyàn",
      "word": "午宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xǐyàn",
      "word": "喜宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guóyàn",
      "word": "國宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guóyàn",
      "word": "国宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "大宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "大宴小酌"
    },
    {
      "word": "大宴賓客"
    },
    {
      "word": "大宴宾客"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiānxià méiyǒu bùsàn de yànxí",
      "word": "天下沒有不散的宴席"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiānxià méiyǒu bùsàn de yànxí",
      "word": "天下没有不散的宴席"
    },
    {
      "word": "天下無不散的宴席"
    },
    {
      "word": "天下无不散的宴席"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hūnyàn",
      "word": "婚宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴坐"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴媟"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴安"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴安鴆毒"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴安鸩毒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yànkè",
      "word": "宴客"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiāyàn",
      "word": "家宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yànxí",
      "word": "宴席"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴息"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yànhuì",
      "word": "宴會"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yànhuì",
      "word": "宴会"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴樂"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴乐"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴歌"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴游"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴然"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴爾新婚"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴尔新婚"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴私"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴見"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴见"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yànqǐng",
      "word": "宴請"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yànqǐng",
      "word": "宴请"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴集"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴飲"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴饮"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴餞"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴饯"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴饗"
    },
    {
      "word": "宴飨"
    },
    {
      "word": "弔宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "吊宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "恩榮宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "恩荣宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qìnggōngyàn",
      "word": "慶功宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qìnggōngyàn",
      "word": "庆功宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "排宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "探春之宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "探花宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎnyàn",
      "word": "晚宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "曲宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "曲江宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "梁園宴雪"
    },
    {
      "word": "梁园宴雪"
    },
    {
      "word": "櫻桃宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "樱桃宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "款宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "歡宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "欢宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "瓊林宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "琼林宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shèngyàn",
      "word": "盛宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "祖宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yányàn",
      "word": "筵宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "結婚宴會"
    },
    {
      "word": "结婚宴会"
    },
    {
      "word": "聞喜宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "闻喜宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shèyàn",
      "word": "設宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shèyàn",
      "word": "设宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xièshīyàn",
      "word": "謝師宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xièshīyàn",
      "word": "谢师宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cìyàn",
      "word": "賜宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cìyàn",
      "word": "赐宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fùyàn",
      "word": "赴宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "邀宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǔyàn",
      "word": "酒宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "酺宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "野宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "錢龍宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "钱龙宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "閒宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "闲宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "飫宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "饫宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐnyàn",
      "word": "飲宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐnyàn",
      "word": "饮宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎngyàn",
      "word": "饗宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎngyàn",
      "word": "飨宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hóngményàn",
      "word": "鴻門宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hóngményàn",
      "word": "鸿门宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "鷹揚宴"
    },
    {
      "word": "鹰扬宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lùmíngyàn",
      "word": "鹿鳴宴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lùmíngyàn",
      "word": "鹿鸣宴"
    }
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        },
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
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            "gloss": ""
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          "args": {
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            "2": "yến",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
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            "6": "",
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            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "宴",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "宴",
            "v": "宴",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (宴):\n* → Japanese: 宴(えん) (en)\n* → Vietnamese: yến (宴)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "えん",
            "3": "",
            "4": "yến"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (宴):\n* → Japanese: 宴(えん) (en)\n* → Vietnamese: yến (宴)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (宴):\n* → Japanese: 宴(えん) (en)\n* → Vietnamese: yến (宴)"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "categorize"
    },
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        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "-"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "c2": "p",
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      },
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "comfortable; peaceful; happy"
      ],
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          "banquet",
          "banquet"
        ],
        [
          "feast",
          "feast"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to host a banquet; to entertain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "host",
          "host"
        ],
        [
          "banquet",
          "banquet"
        ],
        [
          "entertain",
          "entertain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "янь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "janʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯en⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯an⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iexn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aŋ²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'enX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'enH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ʔˤe[n]-s/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*qeːnʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*qeːns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯en⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯an⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aŋ²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[n]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*qeːnʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*qeːns/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "宴"
}
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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Southern Min'",
  "path": [
    "宴"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "宴",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "宴"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "宴",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "宴"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "宴",
  "trace": ""
}

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