yān

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Final(T3):ānVideo guide
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  • 1

    pron.fml(used to refer to the person, the thing, the place) here; this

    • zuì mò dà yān

      There is no greater crime than this.

    • lè mò dà yān

      There's no greater happiness than this.

    • xīn bù zài yān

      minded-absent

  • 2

    adv.only then

    • bì zhī luàn zhī suǒ zì qǐ yān néng zhì zhī

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

  • 3

    pron.fmlhow; why; where

    • yān néng bù qù

      How could I possibly not go?

    • shā jī yān yòng niú dāo

      Why kill a chicken with a cleaver?

    • bù rù hǔ xué yān dé hǔ zǐ

      How can you catch the baby tiger without entering the tiger's lair!

  • 4

    auxiliary wordfmlused at the end of a sentence for emphasis

    • yǒu zhòng wàng yān

      cherish high hopes for

    • shǎo yān yuè chū yú dōng shān zhī shàng

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

Similar-form characters to 焉

Chinese Characters with pinyin yān

  • smoke; mist
  • flood; be tingling from sweat
  • throat
  • beautiful; bright
  • blackish red