焉

焉 [yān]

1. ■ [书]

代

1. ■ （跟介词“于”加代词“是”相当） here; herein:

她心不在焉。 Her mind is elsewhere.; She is absent-minded.

罪莫大焉。 There is no greater crime than this.

2. ■ （哪里; 怎么） how; why:

不入虎穴，焉得虎子? How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?; Nothing venture, nothing have.

焉能不去? How could I possibly not go?

副

1. ■ （乃; 才） then:

焉始乘舟 and then take the boat;

必知乱之所自起，焉能治之。 You have to know how the trouble arose before you can deal with it.

助

1. ■ （表示语气）:

有厚望焉 cherish high hopes for;

少焉，月出于东山之上。 After a little while, the moon lifted itself above the eastern hills.

名

1. ■ （姓氏） a surname:

焉棱 Yan Leng