焉知

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Chinese

		where; how	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (焉知)		焉	知

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yānzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yānzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yanjhih
  - Wade–Giles: yen¹-chih¹
  - Yale: yān-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianjy
  - Palladius: яньчжи (janʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    焉知
    胭脂
    閼氏／阏氏
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:
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    焉知
    胭脂

Adverb

焉知

(literary) how is one to know
- 未知生，焉知死。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Wèizhī shēng, yānzhī sǐ.
  While you do not know life, how can you know about death?

Derived terms

塞翁失馬，焉知非福／塞翁失马，焉知非福 (sàiwēng shī mǎ, yānzhī fēi fú)

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