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romanization system which was commonly used before the early 80s. As such, individuals and institutions who had to romanize their Chinese names prior to that time, such as when having their books translated or publishing manuscripts outside of China, used "Yen" instead of "Yan". Such examples include
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is mostly spelled as Yen since only until recently has the government approved the use of pinyin romanization of names. The
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had to give up his surname in order to ascend the throne. He adopted his father Yi Fu's style name Bo Yan. From then on
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intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
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Héctor Yan, (born 1999), Dominican Republic professional baseball player
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who inherited a piece of land, which later flourished into the
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of these surnames is "Yim". As such, most people from
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This name in Mandarin is romanized as 106:Learn how and when to remove this message 375:, (born 1997), American wheelchair racer 809: 237:)" in simplified (traditional) form. 44:adding citations to reliable sources 15: 13: 273:that emigrated prior to 1949 from 240:These characters are romanised as 14: 838: 702:Breton and French-speaking people 655: 318: 780:This page lists people with the 770: 555:(孝文帝) family get surname Yan (延) 339:, (born 1977), Chinese biologist 280:On many occasions, the surname " 20: 292:)" is also romanized as Yan in 31:needs additional citations for 751: 419: 411: 354:, (born 1993), Russian former 288: 233: 221: 215: 209: 203: 197: 185: 173: 167: 161: 149: 137: 131: 1: 759:"Gan Heritage Chapter E-Book" 744: 369:, (1875–1954), Russian writer 363:, (1975–2002), Filipino actor 573:(百越) get surname Yan (延) in 520:晏 is a typical Han surname. 444:and was originally known as 7: 456:kingdom, a feudal state of 10: 843: 640:people use surname Yan (燕) 588: 448:. His ancestor was called 440:was the first king of the 394: 383: 255:Harvard-Yenching Institute 827:Multiple Chinese surnames 822:Chinese-language surnames 665: 356:UFC Bantamweight Champion 282: 227: 191: 179: 155: 143: 125:romanization for several 484:was the son of Luzhong ( 798:by adding the person's 740:(1999), football player 472:. This officially made 508:was a grandson of the 263:Cantonese romanization 634:Three Kingdoms period 384:Further information: 257:. The Yan surname in 728:(1954), photographer 710:(1824–1899), painter 584: 565:during the Ancient, 523: 515: 480:in Chinese history. 432: 401: 390: 379: 40:improve this article 662: 416:traditional Chinese 251:Yenching University 660: 408:simplified Chinese 277:use the name Yim. 55:"Yan" surname 803: 673: 672: 116: 115: 108: 90: 834: 802:(s) to the link. 789: 774: 773: 763: 762: 755: 716:(1972), romanist 697:, Burmese singer 663: 659: 492:clan and Wuhui ( 421: 413: 291: 290: 285: 284: 271:Chinese diaspora 236: 235: 230: 229: 224: 223: 218: 217: 212: 211: 206: 205: 200: 199: 194: 193: 188: 187: 182: 181: 176: 175: 170: 169: 164: 163: 158: 157: 152: 151: 146: 145: 140: 139: 134: 133: 127:Chinese surnames 111: 104: 100: 97: 91: 89: 48: 24: 16: 842: 841: 837: 836: 835: 833: 832: 831: 807: 806: 805: 804: 788: 779: 775: 771: 767: 766: 757: 756: 752: 747: 704: 658: 597: 587: 553:Emperor Xiaowen 526: 518: 488:), grandson of 435: 404: 399: 397:Yan (surname 阎) 393: 388: 386:Yan (surname 严) 382: 321: 112: 101: 95: 92: 49: 47: 37: 25: 12: 11: 5: 840: 830: 829: 824: 819: 777: 776: 769: 765: 764: 749: 748: 746: 743: 742: 741: 735: 734:(1971), writer 729: 723: 717: 711: 703: 700: 699: 698: 692: 686: 680: 671: 670: 667: 657: 656:Burmese (ရန်ရ) 654: 653: 652: 641: 630: 615: 586: 583: 582: 581: 563: 556: 545: 525: 522: 517: 514: 510:Yellow Emperor 504:), a sky god. 434: 431: 403: 400: 395:Main article: 392: 389: 381: 378: 377: 376: 370: 364: 358: 349: 343: 340: 334: 328: 320: 319:Latin alphabet 317: 302:Zhen (surname) 114: 113: 96:September 2017 28: 26: 19: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 839: 828: 825: 823: 820: 818: 815: 814: 812: 801: 797: 793: 792:internal link 786: 783: 760: 754: 750: 739: 736: 733: 730: 727: 724: 722:(1981), actor 721: 718: 715: 712: 709: 706: 705: 696: 693: 690: 687: 684: 681: 678: 677:Yan Aung Kyaw 675: 674: 668: 664: 650: 646: 642: 639: 635: 631: 628: 624: 620: 616: 613: 609: 606: 602: 601: 600: 596: 592: 580: 576: 572: 568: 564: 561: 557: 554: 550: 546: 543: 542:Pan (surname) 539: 535: 531: 530: 529: 521: 513: 511: 507: 503: 499: 495: 491: 487: 483: 479: 475: 471: 468:was known as 467: 463: 459: 455: 451: 447: 443: 439: 430: 428: 425: 417: 409: 398: 387: 374: 371: 368: 365: 362: 359: 357: 353: 350: 347: 344: 341: 338: 335: 332: 329: 326: 323: 322: 316: 314: 310: 305: 303: 299: 295: 278: 276: 272: 268: 264: 260: 256: 252: 247: 243: 238: 129:, including " 128: 124: 120: 110: 107: 99: 88: 85: 81: 78: 74: 71: 67: 64: 60: 57: –  56: 52: 51:Find sources: 45: 41: 35: 34: 29:This article 27: 23: 18: 17: 784: 778:Surname list 753: 708:Yan' Dargent 695:Yan Yan Chan 683:Yan Aung Win 666:Romanization 619:Zhou dynasty 598: 560:Northern Wei 549:Northern Wei 527: 519: 436: 426: 405: 306: 297: 279: 241: 239: 118: 117: 102: 93: 83: 76: 69: 62: 50: 38:Please help 33:verification 30: 720:Yan England 632:during the 627:Yan (state) 617:during the 603:during the 595:Yan (state) 558:during the 547:during the 534:Han dynasty 532:during the 331:Esteban Yan 811:Categories 800:given name 745:References 738:Yan Valery 732:Yan Kouton 649:Former Yan 591:Former Yan 589:See also: 579:Wu (state) 567:Yue people 476:the first 367:Vasily Yan 346:Martin Yan 325:Amanda Yan 246:Wade–Giles 66:newspapers 726:Yan Moran 714:Yan Greub 689:Yan Paing 373:Yen Hoang 294:Cantonese 275:Guangdong 267:Hong Kong 817:Surnames 643:Chinese 577:the old 575:Zhejiang 442:Xiao Zhu 361:Rico Yan 352:Petr Yan 337:Yan Ning 253:and the 782:surname 605:Ancient 506:Zhuanxu 502:Zhuanxu 498:Zhurong 490:Zhurong 474:Yan You 470:Yan You 466:Cao You 462:Cao You 446:Cao You 438:Yan You 244:in the 80:scholar 790:If an 645:Murong 638:Wuhuan 571:Baiyue 551:(北魏), 538:Xirong 482:Yan An 450:Yan An 424:pinyin 418:: 410:: 309:Breton 300:, see 259:Taiwan 123:pinyin 82:  75:  68:  61:  53:  608:China 569:(越族) 406:Yan ( 311:name 225:)", " 213:)", " 201:)", " 189:)", " 177:)", " 165:)", " 153:)", " 141:)", " 87:JSTOR 73:books 796:link 661:ရန်ရ 651:(前燕) 629:(燕國) 593:and 313:Yann 298:Zhēn 269:and 59:news 785:Yan 669:Yan 544:(潘) 496:). 478:Yan 454:Zhu 427:Yán 422:), 242:Yen 119:Yan 42:by 813:: 787:. 636:, 623:Ji 621:, 612:Ji 610:, 536:, 512:. 494:吳回 486:陸終 458:Lu 414:; 315:. 304:. 761:. 585:燕 524:延 516:晏 433:顏 420:閆 412:闫 402:閆 391:閻 380:嚴 289:甄 286:( 283:甄 234:鄢 231:( 228:鄢 222:閆 219:( 216:闫 210:閻 207:( 204:阎 198:燕 195:( 192:燕 186:言 183:( 180:言 174:顏 171:( 168:颜 162:偃 159:( 156:偃 150:晏 147:( 144:晏 138:嚴 135:( 132:严 109:) 103:( 98:) 94:( 84:· 77:· 70:· 63:· 36:.

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