安定

Chinese

	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilise; to order
trad. (安定)	安	定
simp. ^#(安定)	安	定
anagram	定安

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āndìng

(Zhuyin): ㄢㄉㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ ding⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôn-thin
Min Nan (POJ): an-tēng
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹oe-din

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āndìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄉㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: andìng
  - Wade–Giles: an¹-ting⁴
  - Yale: ān-dìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: andinq
  - Palladius: аньдин (anʹdin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: on¹ ding⁶
  - Yale: ōn dihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ ding⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: on¹ ding⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ tɪŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôn-thin
  - Hakka Romanization System: on´ tin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: on¹ tin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /on²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰin⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-tēng
  - Tâi-lô: an-tīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: andeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /an⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /an³³ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹oe-din
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ø⁵⁵ d̥ɪɲ²¹/

Adjective

安定

stable; settled; secured
(of one's mind) at ease; free from anxiety; not tense

Synonyms

(stable):

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把牢 (bǎláo) (regional, chiefly in the negative)
安穩／安稳 (ānwěn)
安頓／安顿 (āndùn)

平穩／平稳 (píngwěn)
穩定／稳定 (wěndìng)
穩當／稳当 (wěndang)

(at ease): (dialectal) 落實／落实 (luòshí), 踏實／踏实 (tāshi), 穩定／稳定 (wěndìng)

Verb

安定

to stabilize; to settle down; to secure
to pacify; to placate; to appease

Synonyms

(to stabilize): 穩定／稳定 (wěndìng)
(to pacify):

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安放 (ānfàng) (literary)
安靖 (ānjìng) (literary)
平定 (píngdìng)

平息 (píngxī)
安撫／安抚 (ānfǔ)
鎮撫／镇抚 (zhènfǔ) (literary)

Noun

安定

stability; security
維護安定／维护安定 ― wéihù āndìng ― to maintain stability
tranquilizer; sedative
Valium; diazepam

Derived terms

安定劑／安定剂 (āndìngjì)

Related terms

安寧／安宁 (ānníng)
安詳／安详 (ānxiáng)
幽靜／幽静 (yōujìng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (安定):

→ Japanese: 安定(あんてい) (antei)
→ Korean: 안정(安定) (anjeong)
→ Vietnamese: an định (安定)

Proper noun

安定

(～區) Anding (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)
(～區) Anding (a district of Dingxi, Gansu, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	定
あん Grade: 3	てい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

安(あん)定(てい) • (antei)

stability

Antonyms

不(ふ)安(あん)定(てい) (fuantei)

Verb

安(あん)定(てい)する • (antei suru) intransitive suru (stem 安(あん)定(てい)し (antei shi), past 安(あん)定(てい)した (antei shita))

to even out, to stabilize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "安定する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	安定し	あんていし	antei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	安定し	あんていし	antei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	安定する	あんていする	antei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	安定する	あんていする	antei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	安定すれ	あんていすれ	antei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	安定せよ¹ 安定しろ²	あんていせよ¹ あんていしろ²	antei seyo¹ antei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	安定される	あんていされる	antei sareru
Causative	安定させる安定さす	あんていさせるあんていさす	antei saseru antei sasu
Potential	安定できる	あんていできる	antei dekiru
Volitional	安定しよう	あんていしよう	antei shiyō
Negative	安定しない	あんていしない	antei shinai
Negative continuative	安定せず	あんていせず	antei sezu
Formal	安定します	あんていします	antei shimasu
Perfective	安定した	あんていした	antei shita
Conjunctive	安定して	あんていして	antei shite
Hypothetical conditional	安定すれば	あんていすれば	antei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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