| 沿 | [ yán ] along, to follow (a line, tradition etc), to carry on, to trim (a border with braid, tape etc), border, edge |
| 沿例 | [ yán lì ] following the model, according to precedent |
| 沿兒 | [ yán ] edge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 馬路沿兒|马路沿儿) |
| 沿岸 | [ yán àn ] coastal area, littoral or riparian |
| 沿岸地區 | [ yán àn dì qū ] coastal area |
| 沿條兒 | [ yán ] tape seam (in dressmaking), tape trim |
| 沿江 | [ yán jiāng ] along the river, the region around the river |
| 沿河土家族自治縣 | [ yán hé tǔ jiā zú zì zhì xiàn ] Yanhe Tujia autonomous county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou |
| 沿河縣 | [ yán hé xiàn ] Yanhe Tujia autonomous county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou |
| 沿洄 | [ yán huí ] to go with the stream |
| 沿海 | [ yán haǐ ] coastal |
| 沿海地區 | [ yán haǐ dì qū ] coastland, coastal areas |
| 沿海州 | [ yán haǐ zhoū ] coastal region, refers to Russian far east Primorsky Krai |
| 沿灘 | [ yán tān ] Yantan District of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 沿灘區 | [ yán tān qū ] Yantan District of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 沿用 | [ yán yòng ] to continue to use (old methods), to apply as before, according to usage |
| 沿線 | [ yán xiàn ] along the line (e.g. railway), the region near the line |
| 沿著 | [ yán zhe ] to go along, to follow |
| 沿襲 | [ yán xí ] to carry on as before, to follow (an old custom etc) |
| 沿路 | [ yán lù ] along the way, the duration of a journey |
| 沿途 | [ yán tú ] along the sides of the road, by the wayside |
| 沿邊 | [ yán biān ] close to the border, along the border |
| 沿邊兒 | [ yán biān ] to trim (border with braid, tape etc) |
| 沿革 | [ yán gé ] evolution of sth over time, course of development, history |
| ⇒ 前沿 | [ qián yán ] front-line, forward position, outpost, extending ahead, frontier (of science, technology etc) |
| ⇒ 帽沿 | [ maò yán ] variant of 帽檐[mao4 yan2] |
| ⇒ 床沿 | [ chuáng yán ] bedside |
| ⇒ 歷史沿革 | [ lì shǐ yán gé ] historical development, background |
| ⇒ 相沿成習 | [ xiāng yán chéng xí ] well established, accepted as a result of long usage |
| ⇒ 邊沿 | [ biān yán ] edge, fringe |
| ⇒ 馬路沿兒 | [ mǎ lù yán ] roadside, edge of the road |
