安息

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ānxī, ānxí

(Zhuyin): ㄢㄒㄧ, ㄢㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ sik¹
Min Nan (POJ): an-sek / an-siak / an-sit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ānxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ansi
  - Wade–Giles: an¹-hsi¹
  - Yale: ān-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anshi
  - Palladius: аньси (anʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ānxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ansí
  - Wade–Giles: an¹-hsi²
  - Yale: ān-syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anshyi
  - Palladius: аньси (anʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    安息
    諳習／谙习
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: on¹ sik¹
  - Yale: ōn sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: on¹ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    安息
    安適／安适
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-sek
  - Tâi-lô: an-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: anseg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /an⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-siak
  - Tâi-lô: an-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ansiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /an³³ ɕiak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-sit
  - Tâi-lô: an-sit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ansid
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁴⁴⁻²² ɕit̚³²/

Middle Chinese: /ʔɑn sɨk̚/

Rime
Character	安	息
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	蒸 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏寒切	相即切
Baxter	'an	sik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑn/	/sɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑn/	/sɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑn/	/siek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔan/	/sik̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɑn/	/siək̚/
Wang Li	/ɑn/	/sĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑn/	/si̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	on¹	sik¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ˤa[n] sək/

(Zhengzhang): /*qaːn slɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	安	安	息	息
Reading #	1/3	3/3	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ān	ān	xī	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ sik ›	‹ sik ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*sək/	/*sək/
English	peace(ful)	安息 Ānxī (Iranian country in the western regions, W. Hàn; from Aršaka = Arsaces, founder of the Arsacid dynasty)	breathe	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	安	息
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11	13332
Phonetic component	安	息
Rime group	元	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	安	息
Old Chinese	/*qaːn/	/*slɯɡ/
Notes		說文自亦聲

Etymology 1

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
trad. (安息)		安	息
simp. ^#(安息)		安	息

Verb

安息

to rest; to have a rest
(euphemistic) to rest in peace
安息吧！ ― Ānxī ba! ― Rest in peace!

Synonyms

(to have a rest):

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Synonyms of 安息

休息 (xiūxi)
休憩 (xiūqì) (literary)
停歇 (tíngxiē)
憩息 (qìxī) (literary)
放尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
敨 (tǒu) (Cantonese, Hakka)

歇 (xiē)
歇息 (xiēxi)
停睏／停困 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
喘氣／喘气 (chuǎnqì) (to take a breather)
歇睏／歇困 (Hakka, Min Nan)

(to rest in peace):

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Synonyms of 安息

上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
即世 (jíshì) (literary)
去世 (qùshì)
合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, derogatory)
回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
故 (gù)
故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
早死 (zǎosǐ)
枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
死 (sǐ)
死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
死人 (sǐrén)
死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
走去踮 (Min Nan, euphemistic)
身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
逝世 (shìshì)
升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
仙遊／仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
傾世／倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
傾亡／倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
凋謝／凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)

喪亡／丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
喪命／丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
喪生／丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
嗚呼／呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
嚥氣／咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
圓寂／圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
壽終正寢／寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (literary, euphemistic)
小喇叭兒吹了／小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing)
就義／就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
掛／挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
斃命／毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
晏駕／晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
棄世／弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
歸天／归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
歸西／归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
歸道山／归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
死翹翹／死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
死脫／死脱 (Wu)
殞／殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
氣絕／气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
沒世／没世 (mòshì) (literary)
畢命／毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
百年歸老／百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
盡命／尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
翹辮子／翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
被難／被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
見背／见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
見閻王／见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
賓天／宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
進棺材／进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
過世／过世 (guòshì)
過去／过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
過往／过往 (Min Nan, euphemistic)
過身／过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
過面／过面 (Min Nan)
長山賣鴨卵／长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
長眠／长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
閉眼／闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
隕落／陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
離世／离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
駕崩／驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
駕鶴西去／驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
駕鶴西遊／驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
龍馭上賓／龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)

Derived terms

安息日 (ānxīrì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (安息):

→ Japanese: 安息(あんそく) (ansoku)
→ Korean: 안식(安息) (ansik)

Etymology 2

	phonetic
trad. (安息)	安	息
simp. ^#(安息)	安	息
alternative forms	安石

Phonetic transcription of the name of Arsaces I of Parthia who founded the dynasty. Compare Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊‎ (Aršak), Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣 (Aršaka-), Ancient Greek Ἀρσάκης (Arsákēs).

Proper noun

安息

(historical) Parthian Empire

Derived terms

安息香 (ānxīxiāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	息
あん Grade: 3	そく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

安(あん)息(そく) • (ansoku)

rest

安息

Chinese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Synonyms

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Descendants

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Derived terms

Japanese

Noun

See also