南燕 nányān Southern Yan Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 南 nán nounproper noun south south; southern; directional cardinal point opposite to 北 běi燕 yān Yan kingdoms the Five Yan kingdoms during the Sixteen Kingdoms period (337–436), including Former Yan, Later Yan, Southern Yan, Northern Yan, and Western Yan