安插

Chinese

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
trad. (安插)		安	插
simp. #(安插)		安	插

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānchā

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄔㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ caap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānchā
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄔㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ancha
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-chʻa¹
    • Yale: ān-chā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ancha
    • Palladius: аньча (anʹča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ caap³
    • Yale: ōn chaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ tsaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ cab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːp̚³/

Verb

安插

1. (usually derogatory) to place (somebody) in a certain position; to assign (to a job); to plant

   安插親信／安插亲信  ―  ānchā qīnxìn  ―  to install one's confidants (on important posts)

2. to insert (an episode, etc.) into a story, etc.; to put in; to interpose