焉
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
yān yan1
- where
- how
Example sentences
- He had his head in the clouds in class.
- 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yìyānfeeling surprised at sth
- 于焉yúyān(classical) see 于是 (yú shì)
- 心不在焉xīnbùzàiyānabsent-minded
- 有子存焉yǒuzǐcúnyānI still have sons, don't I?
- 功莫大焉gōngmòdàyānno greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
- 语焉不详yǔyānbùxiángto mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
- 焉耆YānqíYanqi county in Xinjiang
- 焉耆县YānqíxiànYenji 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YānqípéndìYanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin