安
Meanings
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- 1.surname An
- 1.(bound form) calm; peaceful
- 2.to calm; to set at ease
- 3.safe; secure; in good health
- 4.content; satisfied (as in 安于[ān yú])
- 5.to place (sb) in a suitable position (job)
- 6.to install; to fix; to fit
- 7.to bring (a charge against sb)
- 8.to harbor (certain intentions)
- 9.ampere (abbr. for 安培[ān péi])
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Wiktionary
- 1.calm; peaceful; tranquil; quiet
- 2.comfortable; at ease
- 3.safe; secure
- 4.to calm; to pacify
- 5.to feel satisfied with
- 6.to find a place for; to plant
- 7.to fit; to install
- 8.to cherish; to harbour
- 9.to confer (a title); to bestow; to put (the blame on someone)
- 10.ounce
- 11.where
- 12.how; why
- 13.a surname
- 14.a surname, given to people from the Arsacid or Parthian Empire (安息 or 安國／安国
- 15.a transliteration of the English female given name Ann
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qaːn): semantic 宀 + phonetic 女₂ (*ʔˤan, “a seated person (女₂), i.e. sitting with legs together and the buttocks resting on the heels”). The lower element is distinct from 女 (nǚ) (女₁); the added stroke(s) depict the other leg and are not decorative. ; calm; peaceful : Cognate with 按 (OC *qaːns, “to push down with hand”), an exoactive derivative, literally “to cause to be settled; calmed” (ibid.). : Starostin reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔɨāɫ (“rest”), comparing it to Mizo âwl (“to rest”) (and also noting Dhimal [script needed] (el-ka, “good”)). STEDT, however, traces the Mizo word to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-grwal ~ *ʔwal (“finish, loose, relax”) and did not list 安 (OC *qaːn) among its comparanda: namely 完 (OC *ɦŋoːn), 緩 (OC *ɢʷaːnʔ), 諼 (OC *qʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ), 援 (OC *ɢʷans, *ɢʷan). ; where; how
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
請安靜。
Please be quiet.
湯姆很安靜。
Tom is very quiet.
社區是安靜的。
The neighborhood was silent.
各位，請安靜。
Everyone, please be quiet.
這地區很安靜。
The area was quiet.
請安靜地關門。
Please close the door quietly.
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