Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 春燕, 春艳, 纯燕, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ʈ͡ʂʰwən.jɛn/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 春 (chūn) meaning "spring (the season)" or 纯 (chún) meaning "pure, clean, simple" combined with 燕 (yàn) meaning "swallow (bird)" or 艳 (yàn) meaning "beautiful, gorgeous". Other character combinations can form this name as well.