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) 平 安
simp. #(平安) 平 安
anagram 安平

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 平 安
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 庚 (111) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 符兵切 烏寒切
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 平 安 安 安
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 平 安
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 9818 11
Phonetic
component
平 安
Rime
group
耕 元
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
平 安
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. (~卦) A combination 二上三中二下 in the Lingqijing.

Proper noun

平安

  1. (~區) Ping'an District (a district of Qinghai, China)
  2. (~鄉) 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
平 安
へい
Grade: 3
あん
Grade: 3
kan’on on’yomi

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

平(へい)安(あん) • (heian) -na (adnominal 平(へい)安(あん)な (heian na), adverbial 平(へい)安(あん)に (heian ni))

  1. peaceful

Inflection

Noun

平(へい)安(あん) • (heian) 

  1. peace

Synonyms

Proper noun

平(へい)安(あん) • (Heian) 

  1. abbreviation of 平(へい)安(あん)時(じ)代(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
平安

Proper noun

平安 • (Pyeong'an) (hangeul 평안)

  1. Hanja form? of 평안 (“Pyongan”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
平安

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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