磐安

Pán'ān

proper noun

Meanings

1 Pan'an County (in Jinhua, Zhejiang)

Characters

massive rock / boulder

Examples

HSK 5

磐安县位于浙江中部。

Pán'ān xiàn wèiyú Zhèjiāng zhōngbù.

Pan'an County is in the central part of Zhejiang.

HSK 7-9

磐安以中药材种植闻名。

Pán'ān yǐ zhōngyàocái zhòngzhí wénmíng.

Pan'an is famous for growing traditional Chinese medicinal herbs.

Tips

memory

Name means 磐 ('massive boulder') + 安 ('peaceful'): 'as stable as bedrock'. The 磐 in 安如磐石 ('as solid as a rock') gives the same nuance.

Stroke Order

磐 pán

安 ān