安危

安危

Chinese

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	danger; to endanger
simp. and trad. (安危)		安	危

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānwēi, ānwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄨㄟ, ㄢ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: ānwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄨㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anuei
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: ānwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anwei
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ ngai⁴
    • Yale: ōn ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ ngei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ ŋɐi̯²¹/

Noun

安危

1. safety and danger

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	危
あん Grade: 3	き Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 安危 (ʔan ngjwe, literally “peace + danger”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あ​んき [áꜜǹkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ã̠ŋʲkʲi]

Noun

安危 (hiragana あんき, rōmaji anki)

1. safety and danger

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN