安危

Chinese

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	danger; to endanger
trad. (安危)		安	危
simp. #(安危)		安	危

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānwēi, ānwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄨㄟ, ㄢ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ ngai⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): an-gûi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ang¹ nguin⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: anwei
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-wei¹
    • Yale: ān-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anuei
    • Palladius: аньвэй (anʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: anwéi
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-wei²
    • Yale: ān-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anwei
    • Palladius: аньвэй (anʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ ngai⁴
    • Yale: ōn ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ ŋɐi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-gûi
    • Tâi-lô: an-guî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: an'guii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡui²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡui²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ang¹ nguin⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ang ngûiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ³³⁻²³ ŋũĩ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'an ngjwe

Rime
Character	安	危
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏寒切	魚爲切
Baxter	'an	ngjwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑn/	/ŋˠiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑn/	/ŋʷᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑn/	/ŋiuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔan/	/ŋjwiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔɑn/	/ŋjue/
Wang Li	/ɑn/	/ŋǐwe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑn/	/ŋwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	on1	ngai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ˤa[n]  [ŋ](r)[o]j/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːn  ŋrol/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	安	安	安	危
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ān	ān	ān	wēi
Middle Chinese	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ ngjwe ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ŋ](r)[o]j/
English	peace(ful)	how	安息 Ānxī (Iranian country in the western regions, W. Hàn; from Aršaka = Arsaces, founder of the Arsacid dynasty)	in danger
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	危
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11	12781
Phonetic component	安	危
Rime group	元	歌
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	安	危
Old Chinese	/*qaːn/	/*ŋrol/

Noun

安危

1. safety and danger

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	危
あん Grade: 3	き Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 安危 (ʔan ngjwe, literally “peace + danger”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あんき [áꜜǹkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ã̠ŋʲkʲi]

Noun

安(あん)危(き) • (anki) 

1. safety and danger