晚安
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Chinese
| evening; night; late | content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (晚安) | 晚 | 安 | |
| simp. #(晚安) | 晚 | 安 | |
Chinese phrasebook
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maan5 on1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wǎn-an
- Wade–Giles: wan3-an1
- Yale: wǎn-ān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanan
- Palladius: ваньань (vanʹanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
晚安
晩安
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maan5 on1
- Yale: máahn ōn
- Cantonese Pinyin: maan5 on1
- Guangdong Romanization: man5 on1
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːn¹³ ɔːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-an
- Tâi-lô: uán-an
- Phofsit Daibuun: oafn'afn
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: meng2 ang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mṳ́ng ang
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ aŋ³³/
Interjection
晚安
Usage notes
In Mainland China, 晚上好 (wǎnshànghǎo) is used as a greeting, while 晚安 (wǎn'ān) is used when parting or ending a conversation. In Taiwan, 晚安 (wǎn'ān) is generally used as parting or to end a conversation, and seldom as a greeting.
Synonyms
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 晚安 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 晚安 |
| Taiwan | 晚安 | |
| Malaysia | 晚安 | |
| Singapore | 晚安 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 早敨, 早啲敨 |
| Hong Kong | 早敨 | |
| Foshan | 早敨 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 早敨 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 早敨 | |
| Taishan | 早啲瞓 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 早啲瞓 | |
| Dongguan | 早敨 | |
| Penang (Guangfu) | 早敨 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 暗安 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 暗安 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 暗安 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 暗安 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 暗安 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 暗安 | |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 晚安, 早滴囝歇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 暗安 GT |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 好暗暝, 睏好好 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 谷拿脫 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese | |
Noun
晚安