安寧

Chinese

	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
trad. (安寧)	安	寧
simp. (安宁)	安	宁
alternative forms	安寗
anagram	寧安／宁安

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ānníng

(Zhuyin): ㄢㄋㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ ning⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ôn-nèn

(Hailu, HRS): on^ˋ nen
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): an-lêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ang¹ lêng⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹oe-gnin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ānníng
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄋㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: anníng
  - Wade–Giles: an¹-ning²
  - Yale: ān-níng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anning
  - Palladius: аньнин (anʹnin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ niŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: on¹ ning⁴
  - Yale: ōn nìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ ning⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: on¹ ning⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ nɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôn-nèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: on^ˊ nen^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: on¹ nen²
  - Sinological IPA: /on²⁴ nen¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: on^ˋ nen
  - Sinological IPA: /on⁵³ nen⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: an-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: anleeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /an⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /an³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ang¹ lêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ang lêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ³³⁻²³ leŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹oe-gnin
  - MiniDict: oe^平 nyin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹oe-nyin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ø⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/

Middle Chinese: 'an neng

Rime
Character	安	寧
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	烏寒切	奴丁切
Baxter	'an	neng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑn/	/neŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑn/	/neŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑn/	/nɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔan/	/nɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔɑn/	/neŋ/
Wang Li	/ɑn/	/nieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑn/	/nieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	níng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	on¹	ning⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ˤa[n] nˤeŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qaːn neːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	安	寧
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ān	níng
Middle Chinese	‹ 'an ›	‹ neng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*nˁeŋ/
English	peace(ful)	peace
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	寧
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11	9556
Phonetic component	安	寧
Rime group	元	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	安	寧
Old Chinese	/*qaːn/	/*neːŋ/

Adjective

安寧

(of a location, person's emotional state, etc.) peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry
房客如果製造噪音而影響安寧，怎麼辦？ [MSC, trad.]
房客如果制造噪音而影响安宁，怎么办？ [MSC, simp.]
Fángkè rúguǒ zhìzào zàoyīn ér yǐngxiǎng ānníng, zěnmebàn? [Pinyin]
What do you do if tenants create noise and affect the (area’s) tranquility?
- 願天下之安寧，以活民命。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  愿天下之安宁，以活民命。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Yuàn tiānxià zhī ānníng, yǐ huó mín mìng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)