居安思危

居安思危

Chinese

		reside	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	to think; to consider	danger; to endanger
simp. and trad. (居安思危)		居	安	思	危

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jū'ānsīwēi, jū'ānsīwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄢ ㄙ ㄨㄟ, ㄐㄩ ㄢ ㄙ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ on¹ si¹ ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: jū'ānsīwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄢ ㄙ ㄨㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuansyuei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyu'ansihwei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: jū'ānsīwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄢ ㄙ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuansywei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyu'ansihwéi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ on¹ si¹ ngai⁴
    • Yale: gēui ōn sī ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ on¹ si¹ ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ on¹ xi¹ ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ ŋɐi̯²¹/

Idiom

居安思危

1. to think of danger in times of safety; to be vigilant in peacetime