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) -
ān
adjective
Ease
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism) -
ān
foreign
e
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: a; see 阿 (FGDB '阿') -
ān
bound form
an
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Used in monastic names to indicate Parthian descent (Kroll 2015 '安' 5, p. 2) -
ān
noun
peace
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kṣema, Japanese: an, Tibetan: bde ba (BCSD '安', p. 372; DJBT '安', p. 423; Mahāvyutpatti 'kṣemaḥ'; MW 'kṣema'; SH '安', p. 211)
Contained in
- 安玄 An Xuan
- 安公录(安公錄) Dao An's Catalog
- 心好命好 平安到老 A Good Mind Leads a Good Life; Peace Shall Accompany Till Old Age
- 马大师不安(馬大師不安) Master Ma is Not Well
- 心中烦恼无明即地狱 心中菩提正见即天堂 心中忧悲苦恼是娑婆 心中安乐幸福是净土(心中煩惱無明即地獄 心中菩提正見即天堂 心中憂悲苦惱是娑婆 心中安樂幸福是淨土) Affliction and ignorance take one to hell. Bodhi and right view take one to heaven. Sadness, sorrow, trouble, and affliction take one to the Saha World. Happiness, peace, and joy take one to the Pure Land.
- 一切如来安像三昧仪轨经(一切如來安像三昧儀軌經) Sutra for the All Tathagatas Peaceful Images Ritual; Yiqie Rulai An Xiang Sanmei Yi Gui Jing
- 心正人安 A Righteous Mind Brings Peace
- 平安粥 Peace and Safety Porridge
- 佛光山国际平安灯会(佛光山國際平安燈會) Fo Guang Shan International Festival of Light And Peace
- 三种圆满安乐(三種圓滿安樂) three kinds of perfect harmony
- 长庆大安(長慶大安) Changqing Da'an
- 要随遇而安 要随缘生活 要随喜作务 要随心自在(要隨遇而安 要隨緣生活 要隨喜作務 要隨心自在) Make peace with every encounter in life. Follow the right conditions to live life. Find joy in doing chores and services. Feel freedom of mind in all circumstances.
Also contained in
安琪儿 、 居无求安 、 潘安 、 心安 、 临安府 、 泰安乡 、 安塞县 、 安徽省 、 平安县 、 国内安全保卫局 、 安全感 、 听天安命 、 卧不安 、 安全局 、 安宁病房 、 安献 、 保安团 、 隆安县 、 坐不安席 、 一路平安 、 依安 、 西安市 、 安全岛 、 安命 、 安远县 、 长治久安 、 安国市 、 长安 、 安贫乐道 、 安顺地区 、 融安 、 安抵 、 安安 、 人身安全 、 安全壳 、 公安 、 安息年 、 万安县 、 安上
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 25 Zhen Yuan Era Catalog of Newly Authorized Buddhist Teachings (Zhen Yuan Xin Ding Shijiao Mulu) 貞元新定釋教目錄 — count: 164
- Scroll 12 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 103 , has English translation
- Scroll 5 Biographies of Eminent Monks 高僧傳 — count: 88 , has English translation
- Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 59
- Scroll 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 55
- Scroll 1 Fo Shuo Dasheng Guan Xiang Man Na Luo Jing Zhu E Qu Jing (Mahayana Visualized Mandala for Purification of Evil Destinies Sutra) 佛說大乘觀想曼拏羅淨諸惡趣經 — count: 54
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 47
- Scroll 2 Mārīcīdhāraṇīsūtra (Fo Shuo Da Mo Li Zhi Pusa Jing) 佛說大摩里支菩薩經 — count: 46
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 46
- Scroll 52 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 45 , has English translation
Collocations
- 安快 (安快) 安快無病 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 47
- 获安 (穫安) 天人獲安 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 21
- 安徐 (安徐) 汝將此人安徐殺之 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 12
- 安谛 (安諦) 所作安諦 — Brahma Net Sutra (Fan Wang Liushi Er Jian Jing) 梵網六十二見經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
- 安日 (安日) 安日道中 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 8
- 慰安 (慰安) 王歡喜顧囑慰安 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
- 欲安 (欲安) 一切眾生常念欲安 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 5
- 安铜 (安銅) 或安銅釜中 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 5
- 安止 (安止) 安止其中 — Reciting in Concert (Daji Famen Jing) 大集法門經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 令安 (令安) 令不相便者令安 — Sutra on the Law of Ten Rewards in the Dirghagama (Chang Ahan Shi Bao Fa Jing) 長阿含十報法經, Scroll 2 — count: 4