請安

請安

See also: 请安

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do sth) to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal, etc); to request	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (請安)		請	安
simp. (请安)		请	安
Literally: “please be at peace; to ask to be at peace”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐng'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing² on¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiáng-ôn
• Min Nan (POJ): chhéng-an

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qǐng'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingan
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing² on¹
    • Yale: chíng ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing² on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing² on¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiáng-ôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang` on´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang³ on¹
    • IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ³¹ on²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng-an
    • Tâi-lô: tshíng-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhefng'afn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

Verb

請安

1. (historical) to pay respect (to someone senior); to salute; to wish well

   • 奴才給老佛爺請安。 [MSC, trad.]
     奴才给老佛爷请安。 [MSC, simp.]

     Núcái gěi lǎofóyé qǐng'ān. [Pinyin]

     We [do hereby] pay respect to Your Majesty.

2. (specifically, historical, during the Ming and Qing dynasties) to salute someone senior by:
   1. (of males) half-genuflecting with the right knee, or by
   2. (of females) placing both hands on the left knee when standing, and slightly lowering oneself by bending the right knee