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安

Mandarin · pinyin ān#

(bound form) calm; peaceful
to calm; to set at ease
safe; secure; in good health
content; satisfied (as in 安於 ān yú)
to place (sb) in a suitable position (job)
to install; to fix; to fit
to bring (a charge against sb)
to harbor (certain intentions)
ampere (abbr. for 安培 ān péi)

Mandarin · pinyin Ān#

surname An

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安: ān · peaceful, tranquil, quiet

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Cantonese word readings for 安. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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calm; peaceful; tranquil; quiet
comfortable; at ease
safe; secure
to calm; to pacify
to feel satisfied with
to find a place for; to plant
to fit; to install
to cherish; to harbour
to confer (a title); to bestow; to put (the blame on someone)
(Cantonese) ounce
(literary) where
(literary) how; why
(physics) short for 安培 (ānpéi, “ampere”)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 安非他命 (ānfēitāmìng, “amphetamine”)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 安那其主義／安那其主义 (ānnàqí zhǔyì, “anarchism”)
a surname
a surname — (historical) a surname, given to people from the Arsacid or Parthian Empire (安息 or 安國／安国
a transliteration of the English female given name Ann

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