長安

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See also: 长安

Chinese

long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
content; calm; still
content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
 
trad. (長安) 長 安
simp. (长安) 长 安
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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 長 安
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 陽 (105) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 直良切 烏寒切
Baxter drjang 'an
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖɨɐŋ/ /ʔɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖiɐŋ/ /ʔɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiɑŋ/ /ʔɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖɨaŋ/ /ʔan/
Li
Rong 		/ȡiaŋ/ /ʔɑn/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭaŋ/ /ɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯aŋ/ /ʔɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cháng ān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		coeng4 on1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 長 安
Reading # 1/2 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cháng ān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ drjang › ‹ 'an ›
Old
Chinese 		/*Cə--traŋ/ /*ˁa/
English long (adj.) peace(ful)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 長 安
Reading # 2/3 1/1
No. 1276 11
Phonetic
component 		長 安
Rime
group 		陽 元
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		長 安
Old
Chinese 		/*daŋ/ /*qaːn/

Proper noun

長安

  1. (historical) Chang'an (an ancient capital of various Chinese empires located within present-day Xi'an)
  2. (～區, formerly ～縣) Chang'an (a district and former county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)
  3. (～區) Chang'an (a district of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China)
  4. (～鎮) Chang'an (name of various towns in China)
    1. Chang'an (a town in Dongguan, Guangdong, China)
  5. (～鄉, ～土家族鄉) Chang'an (a township in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Chang'an, Ch'ang-an

Noun

長安

  1. (literary, figurative) capital city

Synonyms

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
長 安
ちょう
Grade: 2 		あん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

長(ちょう)安(あん) • (Chōan) ←ちやうあん (Tyauan)?

  1. (historical) Chang'an

Korean

Hanja in this term
長安

Proper noun

長安 • (Jang'an) (hangeul 장안)

  1. hanja form? of 장안 (“Chang'an”)

Tày

Proper noun

長安 (an)

  1. Nôm form of Tàng An (“Chang'an”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
長安

Proper noun

長安

  1. chữ Hán form of Tràng An (“Chang'an”).

Notes: An alternative reading could be Trường An

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