焉知

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)
  - Pinyin: yānzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄓ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianjy
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    焉知
    胭脂
    閼氏／阏氏
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: jin¹ zi¹
  - Yale: yīn jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ ji¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    焉知
    胭脂

Adverb

焉知

(literary) how is one to know that

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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