下午好

Chinese

		afternoon; p.m.	good; well; be fond of
trad. (下午好)		下午	好
simp. #(下午好)		下午	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàwǔhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˇ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ ng⁵ hou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàwǔhǎo [Phonetic: xiàwúhǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˇ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàwǔhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-wu³-hao³
    • Yale: syà-wǔ-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahwuuhao
    • Palladius: сяухао (sjauxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ ng⁵ hou²
    • Yale: hah ńgh hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ ng⁵ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ ng⁵ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² ŋ̍¹³ hou̯³⁵/

Interjection

下午好

1. good afternoon (greeting said in the afternoon)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 午安 (“good afternoon”) [map]

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
	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