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

Wikipedia has articles on:

安寧 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
安寧 (Cantonese)
An-lêng-chhī (Southern Min)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ānníng

(Zhuyin): ㄢㄋㄧㄥˊ
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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ānníng
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄋㄧㄥˊ
  - 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/

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/
Bernhard 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

(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

(～河) Anning (a river in Sichuan, China)
(～市) Anning (a county-level city in Kunming, Yunnan, China)
(～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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ã̠nːe̞ː]

Noun

安(あん)寧(ねい) • (annei)

peacefulness, tranquillity

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
安	寧

Noun

安寧 • (annyeong) (hangeul 안녕)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
安	寧

Noun

安寧

chữ Hán form of an ninh (“security”).

Adjective

安寧

chữ Hán form of an ninh (“secure”).

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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