焉 [yān]

• 代词
  • （跟介词“于”加代词“是”相当） here; herein:

    Her mind is elsewhere.; She is absent-minded.

    她心不在焉。

    There is no greater crime than this.

    罪莫大焉。

  • （哪里; 怎么） how; why:

    How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?; Nothing venture, nothing have.

    不入虎穴，焉得虎子?

    How could I possibly not go?

    焉能不去?

• 副词
  • （乃; 才） then:
  • （乃; 才） then:

    and then take the boat;

    焉始乘舟

    You have to know how the trouble arose before you can deal with it.

    必知乱之所自起，焉能治之。

• 助词
  • （表示语气）:
  • （表示语气）:

    cherish high hopes for;

    有厚望焉

    After a little while, the moon lifted itself above the eastern hills.

    少焉，月出于东山之上。

• 名词
  • （姓氏） a surname:
  • （姓氏） a surname:

    Yan Leng

    焉棱