平安

Chinese

 
flat; level; equal
flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
 
content; calm; still
content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (平安)
simp. #(平安)
anagram 安平

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (3) (34)
Final () (111) (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter bjaeng 'an
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠiæŋ/ /ʔɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚiaŋ/ /ʔɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/biaŋ/ /ʔɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/biajŋ/ /ʔan/
Li
Rong
/biɐŋ/ /ʔɑn/
Wang
Li
/bĭɐŋ/ /ɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ɐŋ/ /ʔɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
píng ān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ping4 on1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/3 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
píng ān ān ān
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjæng › ‹ 'an › ‹ 'an › ‹ 'an ›
Old
Chinese
/*breŋ/ /*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/ /*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/ /*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/
English even (adj.) peace(ful) how 安息 Ānxī (Iranian country in the western regions, W. Hàn; from Aršaka = Arsaces, founder of the Arsacid dynasty)

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
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 9818 11
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*beŋ/ /*qaːn/

Adjective

平安

  1. safe and sound; safe; peaceful
  2. (literary, of one's mind) peaceful and at ease

Synonyms

  • (safe and sound):

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (平安):

Others:

  • Zhuang: bingzan

Noun

平安

  1. () A combination 二上三中二下 in the Lingqijing.

Proper noun

平安

  1. () Ping'an District (a district of Qinghai, China)
  2. () Ping'an (a township in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)
  3. (社區) Ping'an (a residential community in Dongsheng, Shishou, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
へい
Grade: 3
あん
Grade: 3
kan’on on’yomi

Etymology

Coined as a compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements (hei, even, steady, flat) + (an, peace, ease).

First cited to 728 CE in the Shoku Nihongi.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーあん [hèéáń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [he̞ːã̠ɴ]

Adjective

(へい)(あん) • (heian) -na (adnominal (へい)(あん) (heian na), adverbial (へい)(あん) (heian ni))

  1. peaceful

Inflection

Noun

(へい)(あん) • (heian) 

  1. peace

Synonyms

Proper noun

(へい)(あん) • (Heian) 

  1. abbreviation of (へい)(あん)()(だい) (Heian jidai, the Heian period of Japanese history)

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

平安 • (Pyeong'an) (hangeul 평안)

  1. Hanja form? of 평안 (Pyongan).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

平安

  1. chữ Hán form of bình yên (tranquil; peaceful).
  2. chữ Hán form of bình an (tranquil; peaceful).
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