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 stabilize; 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
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): an-tēng / an-tiāⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): uan¹ dian⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôn-thin
  - Hakka Romanization System: on^ˊ tin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: on¹ tin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /on²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-tēng
  - Tâi-lô: an-tīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: andeng
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /an³³ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /an⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-tiāⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: an-tiānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: andvia
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ tiã³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uan¹ dian⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uaⁿ tiāⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ũã³³⁻²³ tĩã¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹oe-din
  - MiniDict: oe^平 din
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹oe-din
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ø⁵⁵ din²¹/

Adjective

安定

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

Synonyms

(stable):

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安穩 / 安稳 (ānwěn)
安頓 / 安顿 (āndùn)
平穩 / 平稳 (píngwěn)
把牢 (bǎláo) (regional, chiefly in the negative)
穩定 / 稳定 (wěndìng)
穩當 / 稳当

(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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安撫 / 安抚 (ānfǔ)
安放 (ānfàng) (literary)
安靖 (ānjìng) (literary)
平定 (píngdìng)
平息 (píngxī)
敉平 (mǐpíng) (literary)
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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あんてー [àńtéé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ã̠nte̞ː]

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

“安定”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN