安 ān
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ān
adjective
calm; still; quiet; peaceful
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
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, p. 2; Mathews 1931 '安' p. 4; NCCED '安' 2; Unihan '安') -
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) -
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, p. 2; Mathews 1931 '安' p. 5; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 96). -
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, p. 2; NCCED '安' 1) -
ān
verb
comfortable; happy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '安' 1c, p. 2; Mathews 1931 '安' p. 4; NCCED '安' 4) -
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, p. 2; NCCED '安' 6) -
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, p. 2; NCCED '安' 7) -
ān
verb
to be content
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '安' 1c, p. 2; NCCED '安' 5) -
ān
verb
to cherish
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '安' 8) -
ān
verb
to bestow; to confer
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '安' 9) -
ān
noun
amphetamine
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Medicine
Notes: Abbreviation for 安非他命 (Guoyu '安' n 2) -
ān
noun
ampere
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Physics
Notes: Abbreviation for 安培 (Guoyu '安' n 3) -
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) -
ān
verb
to reside; to live at
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 居 (Guoyu '安' v 4) -
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) -
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) -
ān
conjunction
thus; so; therefore
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 乃 or 于是 (Guoyu '安' conjunction) -
ān
adverb
deliberately
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '安' p. 5) -
ān
adverb
naturally
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '安' p. 5) -
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)
Contained in
- 安定 stable; quiet ; to decide ; biological equilibrium
- 安厝 to bury (the dead)
- 安枕 to sleep soundly; (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries
- 安民告示 a notice to reassure the public; advance notice (of an agenda)
- 安于(安於) to feel contented with
- 拉姆安拉 Ramallah
- 泰特斯·安德洛尼克斯 Titus Andronicus, 1593 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
- 安静(安靜) peaceful; calm; tranquil ; silent ; unflustered; with a calm bearing
- 安全 safe; secure ; to preserve; to maintain
- 安得 how can it be?
- 安抚奶嘴(安撫奶嘴) (baby's) pacifier
- 寝不安席(寢不安席) sleep without peace
- 安靖 tranquil
- 寝食难安(寢食難安) cannot rest peacefully
- 安边(安邊) to pacify frontier troubles
- 安坐静观(安坐靜觀) to sit quietly observing
- 安乃近 analgin
- 交通安全 traffic safety
- 招安军(招安軍) pardoned rebels admitted into the army
- 安民 to placate the masses
- 安魂弥撒(安魂彌撒) Requiem Mass (Catholic)
- 平安神宫(平安神宮) Heian Jingū or Heian Shrine, in Kyōto, Japan
- 安吉星 OnStar, communications system for motor vehicles featuring speech recognition, GPS navigation etc
- 安澜(安瀾) to pacify the waves
Also contained in
安义 、 安纳托利亚语族 、 安远 、 卢安达 、 圣胡安 、 锡安主义 、 印地安纳州 、 淳安 、 集安 、 兴安区 、 诏安县 、 安徽中医学院 、 安宁区 、 靖安 、 长安区 、 广安 、 孔安国 、 庆安 、 高安 、 高安市 、 泰安乡 、 圣安多尼堂区 、 路易斯安那州 、 安格斯 、 长安 、 安道尔城 、 同安县
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- 卷一百 表第一 諸王世表一 Volume 100 Tables 1: Princes 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 95
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- 卷八 列傳第二: 杜僧明 周文育 侯安都 Volume 8: Du Sengming; Zhou Wenyu; Hou Andu Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 88
- 卷七十九 列傳第四十九 謝尚 謝安 Volume 79 Biographies 49: Xie Shang; Xie An Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 86
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Collocations
- 安用 (安用) 將安用之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6
- 不能安 (不能安) 猶不能安其室 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶风‧凱風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Kai Feng — count: 6
- 国安 (國安) 彼國安而天下安 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《鄉飲酒義》 The Meaning of the Drinking Festivity in the Districts — count: 5
- 安将乐 (安將樂) 將安將樂 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧谷風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Gu Feng — count: 4
- 少安 (少安) 可以少安 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
- 安百姓 (安百姓) 在今爾安百姓 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 呂刑 Zhou Shu - Marquis of Lu on Punishments — count: 4
- 今日安 (今日安) 今日安否何如 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《文王世子》King Wen as Son and Heir — count: 3
- 音安 (音安) 治世之音安以樂 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 3
- 王安 (王安) 而後王安之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
- 女安 (女安) 於女安乎 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 17. 《陽貨》 Yang Huo — count: 3