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

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• 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/

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• 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	/kəuX/	/ʔɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/kəuX/	/ʔɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/kəuX/	/ʔɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwX/	/ʔan/
Li Rong	/kuX/	/ʔɑn/
Wang Li	/kəuX/	/ɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/kə̯uX/	/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	‹ kuwX ›	‹ '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

1. to seek momentary ease; to live for the moment

Derived terms

• 因循苟安
• 畏難苟安／畏难苟安 (wèinángǒu'ān)
• 苟安一隅

 

Related terms

• 偷安 (tōu'ān)