焉
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
yān yan1
- where
- how
Example sentences
- shājīyānyòngniúdāo 杀鸡焉用牛刀 。Never use a cannon to kill a fly.
- tā 他 xīnbùzàiyān 心不在焉 。He's absent-minded.
- bùrùhǔxué 不入虎穴 , yāndéhǔzi 焉得虎子 。Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Words with 焉
- 焉知 yānzhī (literary) how is one to know?
- 异焉 yìyān feeling surprised at sth
- 于焉 yúyān (classical) see 于是 (yú shì)
- 心不在焉 xīnbùzàiyān absent-minded
- 有子存焉 yǒuzǐcúnyān I still have sons, don't I?
- 功莫大焉 gōngmòdàyān no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
- 语焉不详 yǔyānbùxiáng to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
- 焉耆 Yānqí Yanqi county in Xinjiang
- 焉耆县 Yānqíxiàn Yenji Xuyzu aptonom nahiyisi or Yanqi Hui autonomous county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 (Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu), Xinjiang
- 焉耆盆地 Yānqípéndì Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin