焉 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

焉 English definition

yān

  • where
  • how

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : name of an immortal; ancient place name; surname Yan;
  • : correct; suitable; to suit sb; just now (Cantonese);
  • : captivating;
  • : name of a mountain in Gansu;
  • : dark red;
  • : to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay;
  • : to inundate; to bury; to cover up; obscured; submerged;
  • : cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke;
  • : Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436); surname Yan;
  • : a kind of jade;
  • : black bamboo;
  • : rouge;
  • : to salt; to pickle; to cure (meat); to marinate;
  • : to castrate; a castrate; neuter;