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
- 甲基安非他命 methamphetamine
- 安设(安設) to install; to set up; to arrange
- 安枕 to sleep soundly; (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries
- 乐天安命(樂天安命) be happy with the will of heaven and contented with life
- 安息香脂 benzoinum; benzoin resin (used in TCM)
- 安几 quiet and composed
- 欧安组织(歐安組織) Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
- 安息香科 Styracaceae, tree family including silver-bell, snowdrop and benzoin
- 安检(安檢) security check; safety check
- 安享太平 to enjoy peace
- 教安 teach in peace
- 不安席 to not be able to relax at a banquet
- 安扶 to comfort and protect
- 艾安 peaceful
- 安于(安於) to feel contented with
- 捷安特 Giant Manufacturing, Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer
Also contained in
万安县 、 磐安 、 安福 、 安⻏ 、 安门 、 临安府 、 咸安区 、 泰安 、 融安县 、 安源 、 安康市 、 安呾罗缚 、 安第斯山脉 、 武安 、 安徽建筑工业学院 、 北安普敦 、 国安部 、 振安区 、 洛锡安区 、 西安事变 、 安贞 、 安西 、 泰安地区 、 网络安全 、 安陆市 、 安阳 、 广安市 、 安德海 、 安图 、 陈方安生 、 安溪 、 江安 、 固安 、 安县 、 国内安全保卫局
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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: 144
- 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: 140
- 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: 111
- 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: 102
- 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: 99
- 卷一百 表第一 諸王世表一 Volume 100 Tables 1: Princes 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 95
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 女安 (女安) 於女安乎 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 17. 《陽貨》 Yang Huo — count: 3
- 音安 (音安) 治世之音安以樂 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — 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
- 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