安 ān

  1. ān adjective calm / still / quiet / peaceful
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Emotion 感情
    Notes: Synonymous with 靜 in this sense. For example, 长治久安 'long order and long peace'. Etymology from Shuo Wen: 安：靜也。 (CCI p. 37; CC-CEDICT '長治久安'; Guoyu '長治久安'; Guoyu '安' adj; Kroll 2015 '安' 1b; Mathews 1931 '安' p. 4; NCCED '安' 2; Unihan '安')
  2. ān verb to calm / to pacify
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '安' v 1; Mathews 1931 '安' p. 4; NCCED '安' 3)
  3. ān pronoun where
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: An interrogative pronoun in Literary Chinese used to mark a locative object, indentical in use to 焉 (Guoyu '安' pronoun 1; Kroll 2015 '安' 4; Mathews 1931 '安' p. 5; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 96).
  4. ān adjective safe / secure
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 稳定 or 安全 (Guoyu '安' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '安' 1a; NCCED '安' 1)
  5. ān verb comfortable / happy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '安' 1c; Mathews 1931 '安' p. 4; NCCED '安' 4)
  6. ān verb to find a place for
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 安 is synonymous with 容身 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '安' 2; NCCED '安' 6)
  7. ān verb to install / to fix / to fit
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 安装 (Guoyu '安' v 2; Kroll 2015 '安' 2; NCCED '安' 7)
  8. ān verb to be content
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '安' 1c; NCCED '安' 5)
  9. ān verb to cherish
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '安' 8)
  10. ān verb to bestow / to confer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '安' 9)
  11. ān bound form an
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Used in monastic names to indicate Parthian descent (Kroll 2015 '安' 5)
  12. ān noun amphetamine
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Medicine 医学
    Notes: Abbreviation for 安非他命 (Guoyu '安' n 2)
  13. ān noun ampere
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Physics 物理
    Notes: Abbreviation for 安培 (Guoyu '安' n 3)
  14. ān verb to add / to submit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 加上; for example, 安罪名 'to add a criminal charge' (Guoyu '安' v 3)
  15. ān verb to reside / to live at
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 居 (Guoyu '安' v 4)
  16. ān verb to be used to / to be familiar with
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 习惯 or 熟悉 (Guoyu '安' v 5)
  17. ān pronoun how / why
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 如何 (Guoyu '安' pronoun 2; Mathews 1931 '安' p.5)
  18. ān conjunction thus / so / therefore
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 乃 or 于是 (Guoyu '安' conjunction)
  19. ān adverb deliberately
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '安' p. 5)
  20. ān adverb naturally
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '安' p. 5)
  21. ān foreign an
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Used to represent foreign sounds, such as 安培 Ampere (Mathews 1931 '安' p. 5)

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  • 心安 mind at ease
  • 安全 safe / secure ; to preserve / to maintain
  • 安全性 security / safety
  • 安装(安裝) to install / to erect
  • 治安 law and order / public security ; peach and stability
  • 安排 to arrange / to plan / to set up ; to be contented with
  • 安体定神(安體定神) to calm down during an emergency
  • 安得 how can it be?
  • 郡治安官 sheriff
  • 安曼 Amman
  • 安息 to rest / to go to sleep ; Parthia ; to make a safe home / to relax ; to pass away
  • 公安 public security / public safety ; law and order / police ; Gong An
  • 安检(安檢) security check / safety check
  • 安宁(安寧) peaceful / tranquil / calm ; winter ; Anning
  • 安乐(安樂) peaceful and happy / content ; Anle ; Anle district
  • 公安局 Public Security Bureau / police station
  • 安静(安靜) peaceful / calm / tranquil ; silent ; unflustered / with a calm bearing
  • 安慰 to comfort / to console ; to feel pleased
  • 安心 with a compose mind / to be deliberate ; to be at ease / to feel relieved ; to not be concerned with ; sincere / cordial / with intent
  • 平安 safe and sound / peaceful
  • 安定 stable / quiet ; to decide ; biological equilibrium
  • 不安 not peaceful / unstable / uneasy / disturbed / restless
  • 一路平安 have a safe journey
  • 安稳(安穩) stable ; a calm manner
  • 安详(安詳) serene / composed
  • 安置 to find a place for / to arrange for ; to banish an official from court ; to sleep
  • 安保 to maintain security
  • 安家 to settle down / to set up a home / to marry ; to harmoniously manage a household ; to plan family matters
  • 请安(請安) to pay respects to
  • 安顿(安頓) to find a place for / to help settle down ; to be quiet / to be peaceful
  • 安享 to safely enjoy
  • 安息国(安息國) Parthia

Also contained in

广安 、 信息安全 、 天安门 、 安徽 、 网络安全 、 安全超文本传输协议 、 安全套层 、 安阳 、 安世高 、 安史之乱 、 安禄山 、 西安 、 天安门广场 、 翔安区 、 同安 、 道安 、 釋道安 、 长安 、 静安寺

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