How to write 焉

焉 [yān] 名词 1. 与介词“于”加代词“是”相当：心不在焉。 (Equivalent to the preposition "于" plus the pronoun "是": my heart is not present.) 2. 乃，才：必知乱之所自起，焉能治之。 (Indicates "only" or "just": must know where the chaos arises, only then can it be governed.) 3. 文言疑问词，怎么，哪儿：且焉置土石？ (A classical Chinese interrogative word, meaning "how" or "where": and where shall it be placed?) 4. 文言助词：又何戚焉。 (A classical Chinese auxiliary particle: what further grievances could there be?) 鸟名 (a kind of bird) 1. 焉鸟 (A type of bird) 引: 《唐城客梦》：旦，北而徂山之曲，乃见苍翠一林，其中则楮烟墨宇，椒枥坎地，群焉胙充，飞而不举。 (From "Dreaming of Tang City": In the morning, head north towards the mountain bend, and then see a lush forest, where within lie the ash trees, mist, and pepper trees, where birds flock and fly but do not rise.) 2. 通“颜” (yán)，额 (forehead): 焉广三寸，鼻目耳具，而名动天下。 (A forehead: this wide is three inches, with nose, eyes, and ears present, thus named renowned throughout the world.) 代词 1. 表示指示，相当于“之”：草木无知，叩焉何益? (Indicates reference, equivalent to "之": The grasses and trees are ignorant, what benefit is there in knocking?) 例: 心不在焉 (One's heart is not in it). 2. 哪里或那里：且焉置土石？ (Where or there: and where shall we place the soil and stones?) 引: 《列子·汤问》：且焉置土石。 3. 什么：今王公大人骨肉之亲、无故富贵，面目美好者，焉故必知哉? (What: why must the rich and noble, with faces appealing, be understood?) 4. 怎么：食其禄，焉避其难? (How: enjoying their fortune, how can they escape their difficulties?) 5. 兼有介词“于”加代词“此”的语法功能，相当于“于是”、“于此”：二陵焉。 (Also serves the grammatical function of the preposition "于" plus the pronoun "此," equivalent to "so" or "at this": the two tombs were there.) 副词 1. 如何：焉能;焉得;焉敢;焉知;焉用 (How: how can it be; how can it happen; how dare; how could one know; how to use). 2. 于是，就，乃，则：始皇巡陇西、北地，出鸡头山，过回中，焉作信宫渭南。 (Then: the First Emperor toured Longxi and Beidi, exiting Jitou Mountain, passing through the center, then built the Xingu Palace south of the Wei River.) 于是 (then): 表示前后承接，古代汉语中多与“乃”连用。 (Indicates succession from one point to another, often used with "乃" in classical Chinese.) 助词 1. 表示结构，用于前置的宾语之后，相当于“之”，“是”：今王播弃黎老，而孩童焉比谋。 (Indicates structure, used after a front object, equivalent to “之” or “是”: Now, the king discards the old and the child plots.) 2. 后缀，表示状态，用于形容词、副词之后，相当于“然”、“样子”：其心休休焉，其如有容。 (A suffix indicating state, used after adjectives or adverbs, equivalent to “然” or “样子”: his heart is at peace, as if there is a place.) 3. 用于句中表示停顿，相当于“啊”：且以五帝之圣焉而死，三王之仁焉而死… (Used in a sentence to indicate a pause, equivalent to "ah": even the saints of the Five Emperors died, and the benevolence of the Three Kings also died…) 4. 用于句尾，表示陈述或肯定，相当于“矣”、“呢”：及至秦之季世，焚《诗》《书》，坑术士，六艺从此缺焉。 (Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a statement or affirmation, equivalent to "矣" or "呢": when it came to the end of the Qin dynasty, burning the "Poetry" and "Books" and killing the scholars, the six arts became deficient from this point.) 5. 用于句尾，表示疑问，相当于“乎”、“吗”：嗟行之人，胡不比焉? (Used at the end of a sentence to express a question, equivalent to "乎" or "吗": alas, those who travel, why do they not compare?) 6. 用于句尾，表示感叹，相当于“呢”、“啊”：使其中无可欲者，虽无石椁，又何戚焉? (Used at the end of a sentence to express exclamation, equivalent to "呢" or "啊": if there is nothing to desire within, even without a stone coffin, what grievances could there be?)