晚安

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

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎn'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁵ on¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): boán-an / oán-an

  (Teochew, Peng'im): meng² ang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎn'ān
    • 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:

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      edit edit 晚安 晩安

• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boán-an
    • Tâi-lô: buán-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boafn'afn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /buan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  • (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

1. good night; good evening

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

Dialectal synonyms of 晚安 (“good night”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		晚安
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