安息

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānxī, ānxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄒㄧ, ㄢ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ sik¹
• Min Nan (POJ): an-sek / an-siak / an-sit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ansi
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: ān-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anshi
    • Palladius: аньси (anʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ansí
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-hsi²
    • Yale: ān-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anshyi
    • Palladius: аньси (anʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 安息 諳習／谙习

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: on¹ sik¹
    • Yale: ōn sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 安息 安適／安适

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-sek
    • Tâi-lô: an-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: anseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /an⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-siak
    • Tâi-lô: an-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ansiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /an³³ ɕiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-sit
    • Tâi-lô: an-sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ansid
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁴⁴⁻²² ɕit̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɑn  sɨk̚/

Rime
Character	安	息
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	蒸 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏寒切	相即切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑn/	/sɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑn/	/sɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑn/	/siek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔan/	/sik̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɑn/	/siək̚/
Wang Li	/ɑn/	/sĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑn/	/si̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	on1	sik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ˤa[n]  sək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːn  slɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	安	安	息	息
Reading #	1/3	3/3	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ān	ān	xī	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ sik ›	‹ sik ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*sək/	/*sək/
English	peace(ful)	安息 Ānxī (Iranian country in the western regions, W. Hàn; from Aršaka = Arsaces, founder of the Arsacid dynasty)	breathe	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	安	息
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11	13332
Phonetic component	安	息
Rime group	元	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	安	息
Old Chinese	/*qaːn/	/*slɯɡ/
Notes		說文自亦聲

Etymology 1

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
trad. (安息)		安	息
simp. #(安息)		安	息

Verb

安息

1. to rest; to have a rest
2. (euphemistic) to rest in peace

   安息吧！  ―  Ānxī ba!  ―  Rest in peace!

Synonyms

• (to have a rest):

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Synonyms of 安息

• 休息 (xiūxi)
• 休憩 (xiūqì) (literary)
• 停歇 (tíngxiē)
• 憩息 (qìxī) (literary)
• 放尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
• 敨 (tǒu) (Cantonese, Hakka)

• 歇 (xiē)
• 歇息 (xiēxi)
• 停睏／停困 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 喘氣／喘气 (chuǎnqì) (to take a breather)
• 歇睏／歇困 (Hakka, Min Nan)

• (to rest in peace):

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Synonyms of 安息

• 上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
• 上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
• 下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
• 不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
• 不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
• 亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
• 仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
• 作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
• 做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
• 入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
• 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
• 去世 (qùshì)
• 合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
• 嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, derogatory)
• 回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
• 安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
• 崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
• 忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
• 故 (gù)
• 故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
• 故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
• 早死 (zǎosǐ)
• 枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
• 死 (sǐ)
• 死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
• 死人 (sǐrén)
• 死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
• 死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
• 永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
• 消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
• 物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
• 病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
• 病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
• 老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
• 薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
• 薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
• 走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
• 走去踮 (Min Nan, euphemistic)
• 身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
• 逝世 (shìshì)
• 升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
• 仙遊／仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
• 傾世／倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
• 傾亡／倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
• 凋謝／凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)

• 喪亡／丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
• 喪命／丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
• 喪生／丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
• 嗚呼／呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
• 嚥氣／咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
• 圓寂／圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
• 壽終正寢／寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (literary, euphemistic)
• 小喇叭兒吹了／小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing)
• 就義／就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
• 掛／挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
• 斃命／毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
• 晏駕／晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 棄世／弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
• 歸天／归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
• 歸西／归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
• 歸道山／归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
• 死翹翹／死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
• 死脫／死脱 (Wu)
• 殞／殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
• 氣絕／气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
• 沒世／没世 (mòshì) (literary)
• 畢命／毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
• 百年歸老／百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
• 盡命／尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
• 終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
• 絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
• 翹辮子／翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
• 被難／被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
• 見背／见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
• 見閻王／见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
• 賓天／宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
• 進棺材／进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
• 過世／过世 (guòshì)
• 過去／过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
• 過往／过往 (Min Nan, euphemistic)
• 過身／过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
• 過面／过面 (Min Nan)
• 長山賣鴨卵／长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
• 長眠／长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
• 閉眼／闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
• 隕落／陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
• 離世／离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
• 駕崩／驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 駕鶴西去／驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
• 駕鶴西遊／驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
• 龍馭上賓／龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)

Derived terms

• 安息日 (ānxīrì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (安息):

• → Japanese: 安息(あんそく) (ansoku)
• → Korean: 안식 (安息, ansik)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (安息)		安	息
simp. #(安息)		安	息
alternative forms		安石

Phonetic transcription of the name of Arsaces I of Parthia who founded the dynasty. Compare Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊‎ (Aršak), Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣 (Aršaka-), Ancient Greek Ἀρσάκης (Arsákēs).

Proper noun

安息

1. (historical) Parthian Empire

Derived terms

• 安息香 (ānxīxiāng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	息
あん Grade: 3	そく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

安(あん)息(そく) • (ansoku) 

1. rest

See also

• Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/安息