安身

Chinese

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (安身)		安	身
simp. #(安身)		安	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ san¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): ngon¹ siin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôn-sṳ̂n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): an-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: anshen
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-shên¹
    • Yale: ān-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anshen
    • Palladius: аньшэнь (anʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ san¹
    • Yale: ōn sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ngon¹ siin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɵn⁴² sɨn⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôn-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: on^ˊ siin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: on¹ sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /on²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-sin
    • Tâi-lô: an-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ansyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /an⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /an³³ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'an syin

Rime
Character	安	身
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏寒切	失人切
Baxter	'an	syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑn/	/ɕiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑn/	/ɕin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑn/	/ɕjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔan/	/ɕin/
Li Rong	/ʔɑn/	/ɕiĕn/
Wang Li	/ɑn/	/ɕĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑn/	/ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	on1	san1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ˤa[n]  n̥i[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːn  qʰjin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	安	安	安	身
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ān	ān	ān	shēn
Middle Chinese	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ syin ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*n̥i[ŋ]/
English	peace(ful)	how	安息 Ānxī (Iranian country in the western regions, W. Hàn; from Aršaka = Arsaces, founder of the Arsacid dynasty)	body; self
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	身
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11	11247
Phonetic component	安	身
Rime group	元	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	安	申
Old Chinese	/*qaːn/	/*qʰjin/
Notes		甲金文象人鼓其腹， 表其身有孕，非申聲

Verb

安⫽身 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (literary) to settle oneself down; to take shelter

Synonyms

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• 存身 (cúnshēn) (literary)
• 容身 (róngshēn) (literary)
• 寄寓 (jìyù) (literary)
• 寄居 (jìjū) (to live away from home)
• 寓 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 居住 (jūzhù)
• 居留 (jūliú)
• 棲身／栖身 (qīshēn)
• 藏身 (cángshēn)
• 處身／处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	身
あん Grade: 3	しん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

安(あん)身(しん) • (anshin) 

1. ease in one's body, relaxation
2. establishing oneself in the world, making a career for oneself