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
- 安乐富有(安樂富有) Comfort and Wealthy
- 安和 Sotthi; Svāstika
- 法华经安乐行义(法華經安樂行義) The Practice for Attaining Peace based on the Lotus sūtra
- 安隐(安隱) tranquil ; Kshama; Kṣama; Kṣema
- 日日皆如意 岁岁都平安(日日皆如意 歲歲都平安) May every day be a good day; Each year be a peaceful year.
- 知足心安 Contentment Brings Peace
- 人正心安 An Upright Character with a Mind at Peace
- 马大师不安(馬大師不安) Master Ma is Not Well
- 长安叡法师(長安叡法師) Venerable Rui of Chang'an
- 敢于发问 问出智慧 长于听闻 闻出对话 善于沟通 谈出共识 勇于思考 想出创意 严于磨鍊 鍊出实力 安于静修 修出道念(敢於發問 問出智慧 長於聽聞 聞出對話 善於溝通 談出共識 勇於思考 想出創意 嚴於磨鍊 鍊出實力 安於靜修 修出道念) When you are brave enough to ask questions, wisdom is what you get. When you are a patient listener, communication is what you achieve. When you are a good communicator, consensus is what you attain. When you are a freethinker, creativity is what you attain. When you are a persistent challenger, skill is what you acquire. When you are a calm practitioner, commitment to the Way is what you gain.
- 淡然心安 Detached and Peaceful
Also contained in
安义县 、 安分守己 、 安善 、 心安 、 安纳托利亚 、 诏安县 、 安身 、 圣安多尼堂区 、 安全考虑 、 安徽 、 广安 、 安在 、 静安区 、 汉安帝 、 公安县 、 安丘 、 安定时间 、 不安 、 苏安帕凯德 、 安慰 、 经济安全 、 不安好心 、 南安 、 安澜 、 甲基安非他命 、 大安乡 、 新安县 、 祺安 、 安全感 、 安康 、 泰安市 、 安娜 、 安泽 、 安好心 、 东安县 、 大安市 、 武安 、 台安 、 安省 、 平平安安
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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: 73 , has English translation
- Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 59
- 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 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — 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
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 42
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
- 安止 (安止) 安止其中 — Reciting in Concert (Daji Famen Jing) 大集法門經, Scroll 1 — 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
- 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
- 后世安 (後世安) 亦為後世安 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 29 — count: 4