永安

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (永安)		永	安
simp. #(永安)		永	安

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǒng'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ on¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yún-ôn
• Eastern Min (BUC): Īng-ăng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Éng-an

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǒng'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǒng-an
    • Wade–Giles: Yung³-an¹
    • Yale: Yǔng-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeongan
    • Palladius: Юнъань (Junʺanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁵ on¹
    • Yale: wíhng ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ ɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yún-ôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: iun^ˋ on^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ on¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯un³¹ on²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yún-ôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun^ˋ on^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ on¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un³¹ on²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Īng-ăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Éng-an
    • Tâi-lô: Íng-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efng'afn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

Proper noun

永安

1. (～市, formerly ～縣) Yong'an (a county-level city and former county of Sanming, Fujian, China)
2. (～市) Vĩnh Yên (a city in Vietnam)
3. (～區) Yong'an (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
4. (～街道) Yong'an (a subdistrict of Caidian district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
5. (～街道, formerly ～鎮) Yong'an (a subdistrict of Fengjie, Chongqing, China, formerly a town)
6. (～鎮) Yong'an (a town in Liuyang, Changsha, Hunan, China)
7. (～州) (historical) Yong'an (a historical prefecture in modern Guangxi autonomous region, China)
8. (～縣) (historical) Yong'an (a former county of Guangdong, China; modern Zijin county)
9. (historical) An era name: any of the periods of time from 258–264; 304; 314–320; 401–412; 528–530; or 1098–1100

Derived terms

• 永安話 / 永安话 (Yǒng'ānhuà)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
永	安
えい Grade: 5	あん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞ːã̠ɴ]

Noun

永(えい)安(あん) • (eian) ^{←えいあん (eian)?}

1. (literary, rare) everlasting peace
   • 1911, 富田高慶, editor, 報徳論, 報徳書院, page 66:

     其(その)勞(らう)を通(とほ)して國(こく)家(か)全(まつた)く永(えい)安(あん)を得(う)へし

     Sono rō o tōshite kokka mattaku eian o u-beshi

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   • 1929, 久保天随, editor, 詳解新漢和大辞典, 有宏社, page 16:

     【安(アン)鎭(チン)法(ホフ)】眞(しん)言(ごん)宗(しゆう)大(だい)法(ほふ)の一(ひとつ)、不(ふ)動(どう)明(みやう)王(わう)を祀(まつ)りて國(こく)家(か)の永(えい)安(あん)を祈(いの)る法(ほふ)。

     【Anchinhō】Shingonshū daihō no hitotsu, fudōmyōō o matsurite kokka no eian o inoru hō.

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   • 1942, 尊徳翁の経済倫理, 全国豆腐商業組合聯合会, page 7:

     當(たう)時(じ)の時(じ)艱(かん)を克(こく)服(ふく)し國(こく)威(ゐ)の永(えい)安(あん)を期(き)するの途(みち)

     Tōji no jikan o kokufuku shi kokui no eian o kisuru no michi

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Usage notes

• Usage seems to be associated with the Edo-era thinker 二宮尊徳.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
永	安
えい Grade: 5	あん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 永安 (Yǒng'ān).

Alternative forms

• 永安(ヨンアン) (Yon'an)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞ːã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

永(えい)安(あん) • (Eian) ^{←えいあん (Eian)?}

1. Yong'an (a county-level city of Sanming, Fujian, China)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
永	安
よん Grade: 5	あん Grade: 3
irregular

From Mandarin 永安 (Yǒng'ān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jõ̞ɰ̃ã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

永安(ヨンアン) • (Yon'an) 

1. alternative form of 永安 (“Yong'an (a county-level city of Sanming, Fujian, China)”)