午安

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		7th earthly branch; 11 a.m.–1 p.m., noon	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (午安)		午	安
simp. ^#(午安)		午	安

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔ'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ on¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-ôn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngó͘-an

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔ'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ-an
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-an¹
  - Yale: wǔ-ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuan
  - Palladius: у’ань (u’anʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ on¹
  - Yale: ńgh ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ on¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ ɔːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-ôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˋ on^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ on¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ on²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-an
  - Tâi-lô: ngóo-an
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngofafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

Interjection

午安

(formal, uncommon) Greeting used from around midday to afternoon; good afternoon

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 午安 (“good afternoon”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		午安
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	午安, 下午好
	Taiwan	午安
	Malaysia	午安
	Singapore	午安
Cantonese	Guangzhou	午安
Cantonese	Hong Kong	午安
Hakka	Meixian	食晝無
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	午安
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	午安
Southern Min	Manila (Hokkien)	好暗晡, 好下晡

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