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'King Nan of Zhou', ch. '周赧王', py. zhōu năn wáng, wg, 'King Nan of Chou', or less commonly 'King Yin of Zhou', trad. ch.: '周隱王', sim. Ch.: '周隐王', py: zhōu yĭn wáng, wg: 'King Yin of Chou' was the thirty-sixth and last sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty.

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Family name	Ji (姬 jī) in Chinese
Given name	Yan (延 yán) in Chinese
Era name	none
Father	King Shenjing of Zhou
Mother	unknown
Wife	unknown
Children	unknown
Duration of reign	314 BC-256 BC
Tomb	unknown
Temple name	unknown
Courtesy name	unknown
Posthumous name	赧 (pinyin năn), literary meaning: "flushed" or 隱 (pinyin yĭn), literary meaning: "hiding"