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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôn-nèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: on´ nenˇ
    • 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/

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?

Synonyms

• 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

• 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”).