安眠

Chinese

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	sleep
trad. (安眠)		安	眠
simp. #(安眠)		安	眠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānmián

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄇㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ min⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): an-bîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānmián
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: anmián
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-mien²
    • Yale: ān-myán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anmian
    • Palladius: аньмянь (anʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ min⁴
    • Yale: ōn mìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ min⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ min⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ miːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: an-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: anbiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /an⁴⁴⁻²² bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /an³³ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁴⁴⁻²² bin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³/

Verb

安眠

1. to sleep peacefully
2. (euphemistic) to pass away

Synonyms

• (to pass away):

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• 下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
• 上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
• 上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
• 不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
• 不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
• 不祿 / 不禄 (bùlù) (archaic, euphemistic, of military officers)
• 亡
• 亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
• 仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
• 仙遊 / 仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
• 作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
• 做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
• 傾世 / 倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
• 傾亡 / 倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
• 入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
• 凋謝 / 凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
• 化去 (huàqù) (euphemistic)
• 升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
• 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
• 去世 (qùshì)
• 合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
• 喪亡 / 丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
• 喪命 / 丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
• 喪生 / 丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
• 嗚呼 / 呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
• 嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, dysphemistic)
• 嚥氣 / 咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
• 回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
• 圓寂 / 圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
• 壽終正寢 / 寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (euphemistic)
• 失氣 / 失气 (shīqì) (literary)
• 安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
• 小喇叭兒吹了 / 小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 就義 / 就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
• 崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 彈老三 / 弹老三 (Northern Wu, informal, humorous)
• 往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
• 忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
• 掛 / 挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
• 故 (gù)
• 故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
• 故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
• 斃命 / 毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
• 早死 (zǎosǐ)
• 晏駕 / 晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
• 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 (sǐ)
• 死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
• 死人 (sǐrén)
• 死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
• 死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
• 死翹翹 / 死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
• 死脫 / 死脱 (⁵shi-theq) (Wu)
• 殞 / 殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
• 氣絕 / 气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
• 永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
• 沒世 / 没世 (mòshì) (literary)
• 沉眠 (chénmián) (euphemistic)
• 消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
• 物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
• 狗帶 / 狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
• 畢命 / 毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
• 病亡 (bìngwáng) (to die of illness)
• 病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
• 病死 (bìngsǐ) (to die of illness)
• 病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
• 瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
• 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)
• 老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
• 蒙主寵召 / 蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào) (Christianity, euphemistic)
• 薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
• 薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
• 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)
• 見馬克思 / 见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
• 謝世 / 谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
• 賓天 / 宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
• 走去踮 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
• 身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
• 辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
• 辭塵 / 辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
• 逝世 (shìshì)
• 進棺材 / 进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
• 過世 / 过世 (guòshì)
• 過去 / 过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
• 過往 / 过往 (Hokkien, euphemistic, Teochew, euphemistic)
• 過身 / 过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
• 過面 / 过面 (Hokkien)
• 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

• 安眠藥 / 安眠药 (ānmiányào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (安眠):

• → Japanese: 安眠(あんみん) (anmin)
• → Korean: 안면(安眠) (anmyeon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	眠
あん Grade: 3	みん Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

安(あん)眠(みん) • (anmin) 

1. sound sleep

Verb

安(あん)眠(みん)する • (anmin suru) intransitive suru (stem 安(あん)眠(みん)し (anmin shi), past 安(あん)眠(みん)した (anmin shita))

1. sleep soundly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "安眠する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	安眠し	あんみんし	anmin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	安眠し	あんみんし	anmin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	安眠する	あんみんする	anmin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	安眠する	あんみんする	anmin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	安眠すれ	あんみんすれ	anmin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	安眠せよ¹ 安眠しろ²	あんみんせよ¹ あんみんしろ²	anmin seyo¹ anmin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	安眠される	あんみんされる	anmin sareru
Causative	安眠させる 安眠さす	あんみんさせる あんみんさす	anmin saseru anmin sasu
Potential	安眠できる	あんみんできる	anmin dekiru
Volitional	安眠しよう	あんみんしよう	anmin shiyō
Negative	安眠しない	あんみんしない	anmin shinai
Negative continuative	安眠せず	あんみんせず	anmin sezu
Formal	安眠します	あんみんします	anmin shimasu
Perfective	安眠した	あんみんした	anmin shita
Conjunctive	安眠して	あんみんして	anmin shite
Hypothetical conditional	安眠すれば	あんみんすれば	anmin sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
安	眠

Noun

安眠 • (anmyeon) (hangeul 안면)

1. hanja form^? of 안면 (“sound sleep”)