永安
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Chinese
| forever; always; perpetual(ly) | content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (永安) | 永 | 安 | |
| simp. #(永安) | 永 | 安 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wing5 on1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yún-ôn
- Eastern Min (BUC): Īng-ăng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Éng-an
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Yǒng-an
- Wade–Giles: Yung3-an1
- Yale: Yǔng-ān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeongan
- Palladius: Юнъань (Junʺanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wing5 on1
- Yale: wíhng ōn
- Cantonese Pinyin: wing5 on1
- Guangdong Romanization: wing5 on1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɪŋ¹³ ɔːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yún-ôn
- Hakka Romanization System: iunˋ onˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yun3 on1
- Sinological IPA: /i̯un³¹ on²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yún-ôn
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iunˋ onˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yun3 on1
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un³¹ on²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Īng-ăng
- Sinological IPA (key): /iŋ³³⁻²¹ (Ø-)ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Éng-an
- Tâi-lô: Íng-an
- Phofsit Daibuun: efng'afn
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Proper noun
永安
- (～市, formerly ～縣) Yong'an (a county-level city and former county of Sanming, Fujian, China)
- (～市) Vĩnh Yên (a city in Vietnam)
- (～區) Yong'an (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
- (～街道) Yong'an (a subdistrict of Caidian district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
- (～街道, formerly ～鎮) Yong'an (a subdistrict of Fengjie, Chongqing, China, formerly a town)
- (～鎮) Yong'an (a town in Liuyang, Changsha, Hunan, China)
- (～州) (historical) Yong'an (a historical prefecture in modern Guangxi, China)
- (～縣) (historical) Yong'an (a former county of Guangdong, China; modern Zijin county)
- (historical) An era name: any of the periods of time from 258–264; 304; 314–320; 401–412; 528–530; or 1098–1100
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 永 | 安 |
| えい Grade: 5 |
あん Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
- (literary, rare) everlasting peace
Usage notes
- Usage seems to be associated with the Edo-era thinker 二宮尊徳.
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 永 | 安 |
| えい Grade: 5 |
あん Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 永安 (Yǒng'ān).
Alternative forms
- 永安 (Yon'an)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- Yong'an (a county-level city in Sanming, Fujian, China)
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 永 | 安 |
| よん Grade: 5 |
あん Grade: 3 |
| irregular | |