公安

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (公安)		公	安
simp. ^#(公安)		公	安

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公安 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
公安 (Cantonese)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōng'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ on¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-ôn
Eastern Min (BUC): gŭng-ăng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kong-an

(Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ ang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon-oe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōng'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gong-an
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-an¹
  - Yale: gūng-ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongan
  - Palladius: гунъань (gunʺanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ on¹
  - Yale: gūng ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ on¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-ôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ on^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ on¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ on²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gŭng-ăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-an
  - Tâi-lô: kong-an
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kong'afn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ an³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gong¹ ang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong ang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ aŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹kon-oe
  - MiniDict: kon^平 oe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-oe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ ø²¹/

Noun

公安

public security; police (in mainland China)
公安機關／公安机关 ― gōng'ān jīguān ― public security agency

公安條例／公安条例 [Cantonese] ― gung¹ on¹ tiu⁴ lai⁶ [Jyutping] ― Public Order Ordinance (of Hong Kong)
- 1912 March 2, “大總統令內務司法兩部通飭所屬禁止刑訊文”, in 臨時政府公報, volume 27, page 581:
  
  刑罰之目的，在維持國權，保護公安。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  刑罚之目的，在维持国权，保护公安。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  Xíngfá zhī mùde, zài wéichí guóquán, bǎohù gōng'ān. [Pinyin]
  The aim of punishment is to uphold the political power of the state and protect public security.
public security officer; police officer

Usage notes

Whilst 公安 refers to the PRC's police force in mainland China, equivalent institutions outside of mainland China are usually referred to as 警察 (jǐngchá).

Derived terms

公安局 (gōng'ānjú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公安):

→ Japanese: 公安(こうあん) (kōan)
→ Korean: 공안(公安) (gong'an)
→ Vietnamese: công an (公安)

Others:

→ Khmer: កុងអាន (kongʼaan) (via Vietnamese)
→ Zhuang: gungh'anh

Proper noun

公安

(～縣) Gong'an (a county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
(～鎮) Gong'an (a town in Zhongshan, Hezhou, Guangxi, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	安
こう Grade: 2	あん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

公(こう)安(あん) • (kōan)

public safety
police officers responsible for matters of national security and counter-intelligence.

Proper noun

公(こう)安(あん) • (Kōan)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau

Korean

Hanja in this term
公	安

Noun

公安 • (gong'an) (hangeul 공안)

hanja form^? of 공안 (“PRC police; public safety”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公	安

Noun

公安

chữ Hán form of công an (“public security”).