公安

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (公安)		公	安
simp. ^#(公安)		公	安

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōng'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ on¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-ôn
Eastern Min (BUC): gŭng-ăng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kong-an

(Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ ang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon-oe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōng'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gong-an
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-an¹
  - Yale: gūng-ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongan
  - Palladius: гунъань (gunʺanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ on¹
  - Yale: gūng ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ on¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-ôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ on^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ on¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ on²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gŭng-ăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-an
  - Tâi-lô: kong-an
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kong'afn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ an³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gong¹ ang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong ang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ aŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹kon-oe
  - MiniDict: kon^平 oe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-oe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ ø²¹/

Noun

公安

public security, public safety; police (in mainland China)
公安機關／公安机关 ― gōng'ān jīguān ― public security agency

公安條例／公安条例 [Cantonese] ― gung¹ on¹ tiu⁴ lai⁶ [Jyutping] ― Public Order Ordinance (of Hong Kong)
- 1912 March 2, “大總統令內務司法兩部通飭所屬禁止刑訊文”, in 臨時政府公報, volume 27, page 581:
  
  刑罰之目的，在維持國權，保護公安。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  刑罚之目的，在维持国权，保护公安。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  Xíngfá zhī mùde, zài wéichí guóquán, bǎohù gōng'ān. [Pinyin]
  The aim of punishment is to uphold the political power of the state and protect public security.
public security officer; police officer

Usage notes

Whilst 公安 refers to the PRC's police force in mainland China, equivalent institutions outside of mainland China are usually referred to as 警察 (jǐngchá).