長安

See also: 长安

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (長安)		長	安
simp. (长安)		长	安

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cháng'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ on¹
Min Nan (POJ): Tiông-an

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cháng'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cháng-an
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang²-an¹
  - Yale: cháng-ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngan
  - Palladius: чанъань (čanʺanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴ on¹
  - Yale: chèuhng ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ on¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœːŋ²¹ ɔːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiông-an
  - Tâi-lô: Tiông-an
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diong'afn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² an³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ¹³⁻²² an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ an⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ɖɨɐŋ ʔɑn/

Rime
Character	長	安
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	直良切	烏寒切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨɐŋ/	/ʔɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiɐŋ/	/ʔɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɑŋ/	/ʔɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨaŋ/	/ʔan/
Li Rong	/ȡiaŋ/	/ʔɑn/
Wang Li	/ȡĭaŋ/	/ɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯aŋ/	/ʔɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cháng	ān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng⁴	on¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə-[N]-traŋ [ʔ]ˤa[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*daŋ qaːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	長	安
Reading #	1/2	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cháng	ān
Middle Chinese	‹ drjang ›	‹ 'an ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə-[N]-traŋ/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/
English	long (adj.)	peace(ful)
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	長	安
Reading #	2/3	1/1
No.	1276	11
Phonetic component	長	安
Rime group	陽	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	長	安
Old Chinese	/*daŋ/	/*qaːn/

Proper noun

長安

(historical) Chang'an (an ancient capital of various Chinese empires located within present-day Xi'an)
(～區, formerly ～縣) Chang'an (a district and former county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)
(～區) Chang'an (a district of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China)
(～鎮) Chang'an (name of various towns in China)
(～鄉, ～土家族鄉) Chang'an (a township in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)

Derived terms

小長安／小长安 (Xiǎocháng'ān)

長安街／长安街 (Cháng'ān Jiē)

Descendants

→ English: Chang'an, Ch'ang-an

Noun

長安

(literary, figurative) capital city

Synonyms

Synonyms of 長安

京城 (jīngchéng) (literary)
京邑 (jīngyì) (literary)
京都 (jīngdū) (literary)
帝都 (dìdū) (imperial capital)
王京 (wángjīng) (literary, royal capital)
王都 (wángdū) (formal, royal capital)
皇州 (huángzhōu) (literary, imperial capital)
神州 (shénzhōu) (literary)
都城 (dūchéng)

都邑 (dūyì) (literary)
首都 (shǒudū)
上國／上国 (shàngguó) (literary)
京師／京师 (jīngshī) (literary)
京華／京华 (jīnghuá) (literary)
國家／国家 (guójiā) (Classical Chinese)
國都／国都 (guódū)
鎬京／镐京 (hàojīng) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	安
ちょう Grade: 2	あん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーあん [chóꜜòàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

長(ちょう)安(あん) • (Chōan) ^{←ちやうあん (Tyauan)^?}

(historical) Chang'an

Korean

Hanja in this term
長	安

Proper noun

長安 • (Jang'an) (hangeul 장안)

Hanja form^? of 장안 (“Chang'an”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
長	安

Proper noun

長安

chữ Hán form of Tràng An (“Chang'an”).

Notes: An alternative reading could be Trường An

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