苟安

Chinese

		if indeed; thoughtless	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (苟安)		苟	安
simp. ^#(苟安)		苟	安

Etymology

Often considered as a short form for 苟且偷安, though not necessarily so historically.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǒu'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² on¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǒu'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǒu-an
  - Wade–Giles: kou³-an¹
  - Yale: gǒu-ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goouan
  - Palladius: гоу’ань (gou’anʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² on¹
  - Yale: gáu ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² on¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kuwX 'an

Rime
Character	苟	安
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古厚切	烏寒切
Baxter	kuwX	'an
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kəu^X/	/ʔɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/kəu^X/	/ʔɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/kəu^X/	/ʔɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəw^X/	/ʔan/
Li Rong	/ku^X/	/ʔɑn/
Wang Li	/kəu^X/	/ɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kə̯u^X/	/ʔɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǒu	ān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau²	on¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤ(r)oʔ [ʔ]ˤa[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*koːʔ qaːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	苟	安	安	安
Reading #	1/1	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǒu	ān	ān	ān
Middle Chinese	‹ kuw^X ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁ(r)oʔ/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/
English	if really	peace(ful)	how	安息 Ānxī (Iranian country in the western regions, W. Hàn; from Aršaka = Arsaces, founder of the Arsacid dynasty)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	苟	安
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7069	11
Phonetic component	句	安
Rime group	侯	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	苟	安
Old Chinese	/*koːʔ/	/*qaːn/

Verb

苟安

to seek momentary ease; to live for the moment

Derived terms

Related terms

偷安 (tōu'ān)

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