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請安

請安

See also: 请安

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do sth) to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal, etc); to request	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (請安)		請	安
simp. (请安)		请	安
Literally: “please be at peace; to ask to be at peace”.

Verb

請安

(archaic, often used of royal persons) to pay respect; to salute; to wish well
- 奴才給老佛爺請安。 [MSC, trad.]
  
  奴才给老佛爷请安。 [MSC, simp.]
  
  Núcái gěi lǎofóyé qǐng'ān. [Pinyin]
  
  We [do hereby] pay respect to Your Majesty.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qǐng'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing² on¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiáng-ôn
Min Nan (POJ): chhéng-an

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǐng'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingan
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀa̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing² on¹
  - Yale: chíng ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing² on¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiáng-ôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang` on´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang³ on¹
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ³¹ on²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng-an
  - Tâi-lô: tshíng-an
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhefng'afn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/