| 1 | 沿着 | 沿著 | yán zhe | yan2 zhe5 | to go along; to follow | | |
| 2 | 沿海 | 沿海 | yán hǎi | yan2 hai3 | coastal | | |
| 3 | 沿 | 沿 | yán | yan2 | along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge | | |
| 4 | 沿岸 | 沿岸 | yán àn | yan2 an4 | coastal area; littoral or riparian | | |
| 5 | 沿途 | 沿途 | yán tú | yan2 tu2 | along the sides of the road; by the wayside | | |
| 6 | 沿用 | 沿用 | yán yòng | yan2 yong4 | to continue to use (old methods); to apply as before; according to usage | | |
| 7 | 前沿 | 前沿 | qián yán | qian2 yan2 | front-line; forward position; outpost; extending ahead; frontier (of science, technology etc) | | |
| 8 | 沿海州 | 沿海州 | yán hǎi zhōu | yan2 hai3 zhou1 | coastal region; refers to Russian far east Primorsky Krai | | |
| 9 | 边沿 | 邊沿 | biān yán | bian1 yan2 | edge; fringe | | |
| 10 | 沿儿 | 沿兒 | yán r | yan2 r5 | edge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 马路沿儿 ) | | |
| 11 | 沿门求乞 | 沿門求乞 | yán mén qiú qǐ | yan2 men2 qiu2 qi3 | to go begging from door to door (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 沿门乞讨 | 沿門乞討 | yán mén qǐ tǎo | yan2 men2 qi3 tao3 | to beg from door to door (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 沿例 | 沿例 | yán lì | yan2 li4 | following the model; according to precedent | | |
| 14 | 沿江 | 沿江 | yán jiāng | yan2 jiang1 | along the river; the region around the river | | |
| 15 | 沿洄 | 沿洄 | yán huí | yan2 hui2 | to go with the stream | | |
| 16 | 沿河县 | 沿河縣 | yán hé xiàn | Yan2 he2 xian4 | Yanhe Tujia autonomous county in Tongren prefecture 铜仁地区 , Guizhou | | |
| 17 | 床沿 | 床沿 | chuáng yán | chuang2 yan2 | bedside | | |
| 18 | 沿海地区 | 沿海地區 | yán hǎi dì qū | yan2 hai3 di4 qu1 | coastland; coastal areas | | |
| 19 | 历史沿革 | 歷史沿革 | lì shǐ yán gé | li4 shi3 yan2 ge2 | historical development; background | | |
| 20 | 沿革 | 沿革 | yán gé | yan2 ge2 | evolution of sth over time; course of development; history | | |
| 21 | 沿边儿 | 沿邊兒 | yán biān r | yan2 bian1 r5 | to trim (border with braid, tape etc) | | |
| 22 | 沿边 | 沿邊 | yán biān | yan2 bian1 | close to the border; along the border | | |
| 23 | 沿著 | 沿著 | yán zhù | yan2 zhu4 | Along the way | | |
| 24 | 马路沿儿 | 馬路沿兒 | mǎ lù yán r | ma3 lu4 yan2 r5 | roadside; edge of the road | | |
| 25 | 帽沿 | 帽沿 | mào yán | mao4 yan2 | variant of 帽檐 | | |