焉知
Chinese
| where; how | to know; to be aware | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (焉知) |
焉 | 知 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: yānzhī
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄓ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yanjhih
- Wade–Giles: yen1-chih1
- Yale: yān-jr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianjy
- Palladius: яньчжи (janʹčži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 焉知
胭脂
閼氏 / 阏氏
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jin1 zi1
- Yale: yīn jī
- Cantonese Pinyin: jin1 dzi1
- Guangdong Romanization: yin1 ji1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
焉知
胭脂
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Adverb
焉知
- (literary) how is one to know
- 未知生，焉知死。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wèizhī shēng, yānzhī sǐ. [Pinyin]
- While you do not know life, how can you know about death?