安 ān
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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') -
verb
to calm / to pacify
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '安' v 1; Mathews 1931 '安' p. 4; NCCED '安' 3) -
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). -
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) -
verb
comfortable / happy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '安' 1c; Mathews 1931 '安' p. 4; NCCED '安' 4) -
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) -
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) -
verb
to be content
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '安' 1c; NCCED '安' 5) -
verb
to cherish
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '安' 8) -
verb
to bestow / to confer
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '安' 9) -
bound form
an
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Used in monastic names to indicate Parthian descent (Kroll 2015 '安' 5) -
noun
amphetamine
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Medicine 医疗
Notes: Abbreviation for 安非他命 (Guoyu '安' n 2) -
noun
ampere
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Physics 物理
Notes: Abbreviation for 安培 (Guoyu '安' n 3) -
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) -
verb
to reside / to live at
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 居 (Guoyu '安' v 4) -
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) -
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) -
conjunction
thus / so / therefore
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 乃 or 于是 (Guoyu '安' conjunction) -
adverb
deliberately
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '安' p. 5) -
adverb
naturally
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '安' p. 5) -
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
- 心安 mind at ease
- 荷属安的列斯(荷屬安的列斯) Netherlands Antilles ; Netherlands Antilles
- 荷属安的列斯盾(荷屬安的列斯盾) Antillean guilder
- 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?
- 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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- 卷一百三十七 志第九十 樂十二 Volume 137 Treatises 90: Music 12 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 148
- 卷三百二十七 列傳第八十六 王安石子:雱 附:唐坰 王安禮 王安國 Volume 327 Biographies 86: Wang Anshi and son: Pang, relative: Tang Jiong, Wang Anli, Wang Anguo History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 141
- 卷一百三十四 志第八十七 樂九 Volume 134 Treatises 87: Music 9 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 133
- 卷一百三十二 志第八十五 樂七 Volume 132 Treatises 85: Music 7 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 130
- 卷一百三十三 志第八十六 樂八 Volume 133 Treatises 86: Music 8 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 112
- 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
- 卷六十六 列傳第五十六 杜僧明 周文育 侯瑱 侯安都 歐陽頠 黃法𣰰 淳于量 章昭達 吳明徹 Volume 66 Biographies 56: Du Sengming, Zhou Wenyu, Hou Zhen, Hou Andou, Ouyang Wei, Huang Fa, Chun Yuliang, Zhang Zhaoda, Wu Mingche History of the Southern Dynasties 《南史》 — 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
- 卷一百 表第一 諸王世表一 Volume 100 Tables 1: Princes 1 History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 83
- 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》 — count: 81
Collocations
- 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: 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 女安 (女安) 於女安乎 — The Analects of Confucius 《論語》, 17. 《陽貨》 Yang Huo — 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
- 安天下 (安天下) 文王一怒而安天下之民 — Mencius 《孟子》, 梁惠王下 King Hui of Liang II — count: 3
- 音安 (音安) 治世之音安以樂 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 序 Preface — count: 3
- 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