安危

Chinese

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	danger; to endanger
trad. (安危)		安	危
simp. ^#(安危)		安	危

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ānwēi, ānwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄢㄨㄟ, ㄢㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ ngai⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ôn-ngùi

(Hailu, HRS): on^ˋ ngui
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): an-gûi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ang¹ nguin⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ānwēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: anwei
  - Wade–Giles: an¹-wei¹
  - Yale: ān-wēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anuei
  - Palladius: аньвэй (anʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ānwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: anwéi
  - Wade–Giles: an¹-wei²
  - Yale: ān-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anwei
  - Palladius: аньвэй (anʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: on¹ ngai⁴
  - Yale: ōn ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: on¹ ngei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ ŋɐi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôn-ngùi
  - Hakka Romanization System: on^ˊ ngui^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: on¹ ngui²
  - Sinological IPA: /on²⁴ ŋu̯i¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: on^ˋ ngui
  - Sinological IPA: /on⁵³ ŋui⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-gûi
  - Tâi-lô: an-guî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: an'guii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡui²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡui²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ang¹ nguin⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ang ngûiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ³³⁻²³ ŋũĩ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'an ngjwe

Rime
Character	安	危
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏寒切	魚爲切
Baxter	'an	ngjwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑn/	/ŋˠiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑn/	/ŋʷᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑn/	/ŋiuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔan/	/ŋjwiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔɑn/	/ŋjue/
Wang Li	/ɑn/	/ŋǐwe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑn/	/ŋwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	on¹	ngai⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ˤa[n] [ŋ](r)[o]j/

(Zhengzhang): /*qaːn ŋrol/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	安	安	安	危
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ān	ān	ān	wēi
Middle Chinese	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ ngjwe ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ŋ](r)[o]j/
English	peace(ful)	how	安息 Ānxī (Iranian country in the western regions, W. Hàn; from Aršaka = Arsaces, founder of the Arsacid dynasty)	in danger
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	危
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11	12781
Phonetic component	安	危
Rime group	元	歌
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	安	危
Old Chinese	/*qaːn/	/*ŋrol/

Noun

安危

safety and danger

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	危
あん Grade: 3	き Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 安危 (ʔan ngjwe, literally “peace + danger”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あんき [áꜜǹkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ã̠ŋʲkʲi]

Noun

安(あん)危(き) • (anki)

safety and danger

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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