請安

See also: 请安

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (請安)		請	安
simp. (请安)		请	安
Literally: “please be at peace; to ask to be at peace”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐng'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing² on¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiáng-ôn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhéng-an

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐng'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐng-an
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³-an¹
    • Yale: chǐng-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingan
    • Palladius: цинъань (cinʺanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐng'ānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐng-anr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³-an¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: chǐng-ānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingal
    • Palladius: цинъаньр (cinʺanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing² on¹
    • Yale: chíng ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing² on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing² on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiáng-ôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˋ on^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang³ on¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ³¹ on²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng-an
    • Tâi-lô: tshíng-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhefng'afn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

Verb

請⫽安 (verb-object)

1. (historical) to pay respect (to someone senior); to salute; to wish well

   奴才給老佛爺請安。 [MSC, trad.]
   奴才给老佛爷请安。 [MSC, simp.]

   Núcái gěi lǎofóyé qǐng'ān. [Pinyin]

   We [do hereby] pay respect to Your Majesty.

   • 耶穌教訓衆人之時又話、提防個的讀書人呀、佢地好着長衫行遊、歡喜喺市上人地請佢安 [Cantonese, trad.]
     耶稣教训众人之时又话、提防个的读书人呀、佢地好着长衫行游、欢喜喺市上人地请佢安 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1872, 《馬可傳福音書（廣東土白）》 (The Gospel of Mark: Cantonese Vernacular) 12:38

     je⁴ sou¹ gaau³ fan³ zung³ jan⁴ zi¹ si⁴ jau⁶ waa⁶, tai⁴ fong⁴ go³ dik¹ duk⁶ syu¹ jan⁴ aa³, keoi⁵ dei⁶ hou³ zoek³ coeng⁴ saam¹ hang⁴ jau⁴, fun¹ hei² hai² si⁵ soeng⁶ jan⁴ dei⁶ cing² keoi⁵ on¹ [Jyutping]

     And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces

2. (specifically, historical, during the Ming and Qing dynasties) to salute someone senior by:
   1. (of males) half-genuflecting with the right knee, or by
   2. (of females) placing both hands on the left knee when standing, and slightly lowering oneself by bending the right knee

Synonyms

• (to pay respect):

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• 咨問／咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
• 問／问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 問候／问候 (wènhòu)
• 問好／问好 (wènhǎo)
• 問安／问安 (wèn'ān) (formal, to an elder)
• 問訊／问讯 (wènxùn)
• 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
• 招呼 (zhāohū)
• 拍招呼 (Hokkien)
• 相借問／相借问 (Hokkien, Hakka)
• 起居 (qǐjū) (historical)