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  *安* | 安* | *安
(bound form) calm; peaceful / to calm; to set at ease / safe; secure; in good health / content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于) / 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)
HSK 4
to have a pleasant journey / Bon voyage!
HSK 2
Good night! / Good evening!
HSK 2
to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard
HSK 3
safe and sound / well / without mishap / quiet and safe / at peace
HSK 2
unpeaceful / unstable / uneasy / disturbed / restless / worried
HSK 3
law and order / public security
HSK 5
(Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security
HSK 6
food safety (abbr. for 食品安全 or 食物安全)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *安* | 安* | *安
surname An
fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
Zhen'an district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市, Liaoning
Good morning!
content to hold a small part of the territory / fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground / forced to move away
lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom) / restless / fidgety
lit. peace when you come or go / peace wherever you go
at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt / flexible / to accept circumstances with good will
Good afternoon! / Hello (daytime greeting)
seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself / taking things easily without attending to responsibilities
(Tw) (Internet slang) Greetings! (used when it's unknown what time the reader will see one's post, or just to be cute)
anxious / panicky
Hoi An (in Vietnam)
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
restless insomnia
the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits)
Xiong'an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, established in 2017
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
to pay one's respects / to give regards to
Zion
national security (abbr. for 國家安全|国家安全) / national security act / state security agency
to be on tenterhooks (idiom) / to be anxious and frightened
May you have peace year after year (New Year's greeting)
see 潘岳
lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled
Da'an, the name of a numerous entities, including districts of several cities, and a county-level city 大安市 in Baicheng 白城市, Jilin
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954–), Turkish politician, prime minister 2003–2014, president 2014–
worried too much
(Tw) information security (abbr. for 資訊安全|资讯安全)
milliampere
Tai'an county in Anshan 鞍山, Liaoning
Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山)
Chun'an county in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang
buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
Indo-Aryan
long-term peace and stability (of governments)
Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子
reign name (196-219) at the end of the Han dynasty
aviation safety (Tw)
(name) Sebastian
(Singapore, Malaysia) ASEAN
ill at ease / uncomfortable
teach in peace (polite phrase to end a letter to a teacher)
Jiang'an county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
Peng'an county in Nanchong 南充, Sichuan
to have the looks of a Pan An 潘安 (referring to a historical figure said to be extremely handsome)
(American) Indian / native American / indigenous peoples of the Americas
(name) Vivian; Vivien; Vivienne

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