相安

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (相安)		相	安
simp. #(相安)		相	安

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāng'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ on¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāng'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siang-an
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-an¹
    • Yale: syāng-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangan
    • Palladius: сянъань (sjanʺanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ on¹
    • Yale: sēung ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjang 'an

Rime
Character	相	安
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	息良切	烏寒切
Baxter	sjang	'an
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨɐŋ/	/ʔɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/siɐŋ/	/ʔɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/siɑŋ/	/ʔɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨaŋ/	/ʔan/
Li Rong	/siaŋ/	/ʔɑn/
Wang Li	/sĭaŋ/	/ɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯aŋ/	/ʔɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāng	ān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng1	on1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]aŋ  [ʔ]ˤa[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*slaŋ  qaːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	相	安
Reading #	1/2	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiāng	ān
Middle Chinese	‹ sjang ›	‹ 'an ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]aŋ/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/
English	mutually	peace(ful)
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	相	安
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	13579	11
Phonetic component	相	安
Rime group	陽	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	襄	安
Old Chinese	/*slaŋ/	/*qaːn/

Verb

相安

1. to get along in peace; to coexist peacefully

Derived terms

• 上下相安
• 相安無事 / 相安无事 (xiāng'ānwúshì)
• 相安相受