安然

Chinese

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (安然)		安	然
simp. #(安然)		安	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôn-yèn / ôn-yàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): an-jiân / an-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: anrán
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-jan²
    • Yale: ān-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anran
    • Palladius: аньжань (anʹžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: ōn yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôn-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: on´ ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: on¹ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /on²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôn-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: on´ (r)ianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: on¹ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /on²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: an-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: anjieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ ziɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-liân
    • Tâi-lô: an-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: anlieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /an⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /an³³ liɛn²⁴/

Adjective

安然

1. safe; in good health or shape
2. calm; tranquil; at rest; in peace

Synonyms

• (safe):

• 太平 (tàipíng)
• 安全 (ānquán)
• 安好 (ānhǎo) (chiefly in phatic expressions)
• 安寧／安宁 (ānníng)
• 安平 (ānpíng)
• 平安 (píng'ān)

 

• (calm): 坦然 (tǎnrán)

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• 安然無事／安然无事
• 安然無恙／安然无恙 (ānránwúyàng)

 

See also

• 安穩／安稳 (ānwěn)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
安	然

Adjective

安然

1. chữ Hán form of an nhiên (“peaceful and leisurely”).