金丝燕 in English jin1 si1 yan4 Meaning

Meanings

  • Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup

Simplified Characters

金 丝 燕

Traditional Characters

金 絲 燕

Pinyin

jin1 si1 yan4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

金jin1surname Jin 丝si1silk 燕yan4Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning