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安 ān

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

幸福安乐(幸福安樂) Happiness and Peace
安乐集(安樂集) Anle Ji
安乐行品(安樂行品) Chapter on Peaceful Conduct
降伏非典国泰民安世界和平祈福大法会(降伏非典國泰民安世界和平祈福大法會) Cross-Strait Prayer for SARS and World Peace Dharma Service
安乐大悲(安樂大悲) joy and great compassion
安心立命 to find peace and attain enlightenment
青原安隐山(青原安隱山) Qingyuan Anyin Shan
安远(安遠) Anyuan ; Anon ; Anyuan ; Dao An and Huiyuan

Also contained in

安史之乱、新安县、安非他命、翔安、江安、瓮安、泰安、教安、潘安、晋安、怀安、安定乡、安特卫普、安守本分、安国市、临安府、靖安、安致、不安、安和乐利、安能、安阳地区、安元、安息年、公安机关、保安自动化、大兴安岭地区、安身、安国少季、安达曼岛、尼安德塔人、广安、安福、福安、天安门、红安、南安、午安、富国安民、安得拉邦、安全、安保、安藤

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
施安 (施安) 恕以施安 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 4