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

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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/
Bernhard 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/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píng'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ on¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phìn-ôn

  (Hailu, HRS): pin on^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pin² on¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pêng-an

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pêng⁵ ang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píng'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píng-an
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-an¹
    • Yale: píng-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngan
    • Palladius: пинъань (pinʺanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ on¹
    • Yale: pìhng ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ ɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phìn-ôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: pin^ˇ on^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pin² on¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin¹¹ on²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: pin on^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin⁵⁵ on⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pin² on¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin¹¹ ɔn⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-an
    • Tâi-lô: pîng-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peng'afn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² an³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pêng⁵ ang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phêng ang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ aŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjaeng 'an

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*breŋ  [ʔ]ˤa[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*beŋ  qaːn/

Adjective

平安

1. safe and sound; safe; peaceful

   到達目的地以後，記得報一聲平安。 [MSC, trad.]
   到达目的地以后，记得报一声平安。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dàodá mùdìdì yǐhòu, jìde bào yī shēng píng'ān. [Pinyin]

   Please let me know you are safe and sound after you arrive at your destination.

2. (literary, of one's mind) peaceful and at ease

Synonyms

• (safe and sound):

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• 太平 (tàipíng)
• 安全 (ānquán)
• 安好 (ānhǎo) (chiefly in phatic expressions)
• 安寧 / 安宁 (ānníng)
• 安平 (ānpíng)
• 安然 (ānrán)
• 承平 (chéngpíng) (literary)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “safe and sound”): 危險／危险 (wēixiǎn), (Hokkien) 險厄／险厄

Derived terms

• 一路平安 (yīlùpíng'ān)
• 報竹平安 / 报竹平安
• 平安夜 (píng'ānyè)
• 平安就是福 (píng'ān jiù shì fú)
• 平安帖
• 平安火
• 平安無事 / 平安无事 (píng'ānwúshì)
• 平安竹報 / 平安竹报
• 平安紙 / 平安纸
• 平安險 / 平安险
• 平平安安 (píngpíng'ān'ān)
• 歲歲平安 / 岁岁平安
• 竹報平安 / 竹报平安 (zhúbàopíng'ān)
• 老少平安 (lǎoshào píng'ān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (平安):

• → Japanese: 平安(へいあん) (heian)
• → Korean: 평안(平安) (pyeong'an)
• → Vietnamese: bình yên (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)