苟安

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Chinese

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if indeed; thoughtless
content; calm; still
content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
 
trad. (苟安)
simp. #(苟安)

Etymology

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Often considered as a short form for 苟且偷安, though not necessarily so historically.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (34)
Final () (137) (61)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter kuwX 'an
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kəuX/ /ʔɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kəuX/ /ʔɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/kəuX/ /ʔɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəwX/ /ʔan/
Li
Rong
/kuX/ /ʔɑn/
Wang
Li
/kəuX/ /ɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kə̯uX/ /ʔɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gǒu ān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gau2 on1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gǒu ān ān ān
Middle
Chinese
‹ kuwX › ‹ 'an › ‹ 'an › ‹ 'an ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁ(r)oʔ/ /*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/ /*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/ /*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/
English if really 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7069 11
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*koːʔ/ /*qaːn/

Verb

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苟安

  1. to seek momentary ease; to live for the moment

Derived terms

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