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Chinese

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not; no
content; calm; still
content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
 
trad. (不安)
simp. #(不安)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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不安

  1. uneasy; disturbed; restless; anxious
  2. unstable; volatile; turbulent; variable
  3. (polite) sorry (for causing you trouble)

Synonyms

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  • (uneasy):
  • (unstable):

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (不安):
  • Japanese: ()(あん) (fuan)
  • Korean: 불안(不安) (buran)
  • Vietnamese: bất an (不安)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
あん
Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()(あん) (fuan-na (adnominal ()(あん) (fuan na), adverbial ()(あん) (fuan ni))

  1. anxious, uneasy
  2. insecure

Inflection

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Noun

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()(あん) (fuan

  1. anxiety; uneasiness
    ()(あん)はなかった。
    Fuan wa nakatta.
    There was no uncertainty on this matter.
    • 2002 February 18, Inokuma, Shinobu, “LAST(ラスト) PART(パート) サラダデイズは(えい)(えん)に… [Last Part: Forever Salad Days…]”, in SALAD(サラダ) DAYS(デイズ) [SALAD DAYS], volume 18 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 189–190:
      ()()まったりふり(かえ)ったり、()いたり(わら)ったり……()(あん)(こん)(とん)(なか)でもがきながら——(すこ)しずつ、(だい)()なモンが()えてくれ。そんな(あお)()(だい)——〝SALAD(サラダ) DAYS(デイズ)〞——…
      Tachidomattari furikaettari, naitari warattari……Fuan to konton no naka de mogaki nagara——Sukoshizutsu, daiji na mon ga mietekure. Sonna ao no jidai——〝Sarada Deizu〞——…
      There will come times when we have to stop and look back, times when we cry, when we laugh… But even in the darkest days when we’re unsure, when we’re confused — slowly but surely, we’ll realize what matters most to us. This is the green season of our lives — our ‟Salad Days”…
  2. unrest

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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不安 (buran) (hangeul 불안)

  1. Hanja form? of 불안.

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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不安

  1. chữ Hán form of bất an.