安寧

Chinese

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
trad. (安寧)		安	寧
simp. (安宁)		安	宁
alternative forms		安寗
anagram		寧安／宁安

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānníng

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄋㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ ning⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôn-nèn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): an-lêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ang¹ lêng⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹oe-gnin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānníng
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: anníng
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-ning²
    • Yale: ān-níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anning
    • Palladius: аньнин (anʹnin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ niŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ ning⁴
    • Yale: ōn nìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ ning⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ ning⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ nɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôn-nèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: on^ˊ nen^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: on¹ nen²
    • Sinological IPA: /on²⁴ nen¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: an-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: anleeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /an⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /an³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ang¹ lêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ang lêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ³³⁻²³ leŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹oe-gnin
    • MiniDict: oe^平 nyin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹oe-nyin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ø⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'an neng

Rime
Character	安	寧
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	烏寒切	奴丁切
Baxter	'an	neng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑn/	/neŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑn/	/neŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑn/	/nɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔan/	/nɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔɑn/	/neŋ/
Wang Li	/ɑn/	/nieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑn/	/nieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	níng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	on1	ning4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ˤa[n]  nˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːn  neːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	安	寧
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ān	níng
Middle Chinese	‹ 'an ›	‹ neng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*nˁeŋ/
English	peace(ful)	peace
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	安	寧
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11	9556
Phonetic component	安	寧
Rime group	元	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	安	寧
Old Chinese	/*qaːn/	/*neːŋ/

Adjective

安寧

1. (of a location, person's emotional state, etc.) peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry

   房客如果製造噪音而影響安寧，怎麼辦？ [MSC, trad.]
   房客如果制造噪音而影响安宁，怎么办？ [MSC, simp.]

   Fángkè rúguǒ zhìzào zàoyīn ér yǐngxiǎng ānníng, zěnmebàn? [Pinyin]

   What do you do if tenants create noise and affect the (area’s) tranquility?

   • 願天下之安寧，以活民命。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     愿天下之安宁，以活民命。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Yuàn tiānxià zhī ānníng, yǐ huó mín mìng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 太平 (tàipíng)
• 安全 (ānquán)
• 安好 (ānhǎo) (chiefly in phatic expressions)
• 安平 (ānpíng)
• 安然 (ānrán)
• 平安 (píng'ān)
• 承平 (chéngpíng) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• (regional) 鬧熱／闹热 (nàorè)
• 熱鬧／热闹 (rènao)
• 喧鬧 (xuānnào)

Derived terms

• 安寧療護／安宁疗护 (ānníng liáohù)

 

Related terms

• 安定 (āndìng)
• 安詳／安详 (ānxiáng)
• 幽靜／幽静 (yōujìng)

Proper noun

安寧

1. (～河) Anning (a river in Sichuan, China)
2. (～市) Anning (a county-level city in Kunming, Yunnan, China)
3. (～區) Anning (a district of Lanzhou, Gansu, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (安寧):

• → Japanese: 安寧(あんねい) (annei)
• → Korean: 안녕(安寧) (annyeong)
• → Vietnamese: an ninh (安寧)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	寧
あん Grade: 3	ねい Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 安寧 (MC 'an neng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あんねー [àńnéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ã̠nːe̞ː]

Noun

安(あん)寧(ねい) • (annei) 

1. peacefulness, tranquillity

Korean

Hanja in this term
安	寧

Noun

安寧 • (annyeong) (hangeul 안녕)

1. hanja form^? of 안녕 (“peace, tranquility; wellness”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
安	寧

Noun

安寧

1. chữ Hán form of an ninh (“security”).

Adjective

安寧

1. chữ Hán form of an ninh (“secure”).