公安

公安

Chinese

		just; honorable; public just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
simp. and trad. (公安)		公	安

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōng'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ on¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-ôn
• Min Dong (BUC): gŭng-ăng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong-an

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ ang¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): kon oe (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gōng'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gong'an
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ on¹
    • Yale: gūng ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ on¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-ôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´ on´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ on¹
    • IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ on²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gŭng-ăng
    • IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-an
    • Tâi-lô: kong-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kong'afn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ an³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong¹ ang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong ang
    • IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ aŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: kon oe (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ø²¹/

Noun

公安

1. public security; police (in mainland China)

Usage notes

• Whilst 公安 refers to the PRC's police force in mainland China, equivalent institutions outside of mainland China are usually referred to as 警察 (jǐngchá).

Derived terms

公安局 (gōng'ānjú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公安):

• → Vietnamese: công an (公安)

Others:

• → Khmer: កុងអាន (kongʾaan) (via Vietnamese)
• → Zhuang: gungh'anh

Proper noun

公安

1. (～縣) Gong'an (a county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	安
こう Grade: 2	あん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

公安 (hiragana こうあん, rōmaji kōan)

1. public safety

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Korean

Hanja in this term
公	安

Noun

公安 • (gong-an) (hangeul 공안)

1. Hanja form^? of 공안 (“public safety”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
公	安

Noun

公安

1. Hán tự form of công an (“public security”).