焉知 Traditional form: 焉知 Pinyin (reading): yānzhī Definitions: (literary) how is one to know? Characters: 焉 - why? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend Traditional characters: 焉 - why? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend