問安

See also: 问安

Chinese

		to ask	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (問安)		問	安
simp. (问安)		问	安

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèn'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ on¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mun-ôn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): būn-an / mn̄g-an / mūi-an

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèn'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùn-an
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴-an¹
    • Yale: wèn-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennan
    • Palladius: вэньань (vɛnʹanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁶ on¹
    • Yale: mahn ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² ɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mun-ôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: mun on´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mun⁴ on¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mun⁵⁵ on²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-an
    • Tâi-lô: būn-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buxn'afn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bun²²⁻²¹ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁴¹⁻²² an³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun³³⁻²¹ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun³³⁻¹¹ an⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̄g-an
    • Tâi-lô: mn̄g-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngxafn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍³³⁻²¹ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²²⁻²¹ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ an⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mūi-an
    • Tâi-lô: muī-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: muixafn

Verb

問⫽安 (verb-object)

1. (formal) to pay one's respects (to an elder, etc.); to wish someone good health
   • 1910, 《馬太福音·中西字》 [The Gospel According to St. Matthew in English and Cantonese], Shanghai: American Bible Society, chapter 5, verse 47:

     若淨係問你兄弟安、有乜好過人呢、異邦人亦唔係噉樣做咩。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     若净系问你兄弟安、有乜好过人呢、异邦人亦唔系噉样做咩。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     joek⁶ zing⁶ hai⁶ man⁶ nei⁵ hing¹ dai⁶ on¹, jau⁵ mat¹ hou² gwo³ jan⁴ ne¹, ji⁶ bong¹ jan⁴ jik⁶ m⁴ hai⁶ gam² joeng^6-2 zou⁶ me¹. [Jyutping]

     And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

Synonyms

• 咨問／咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
• 問／问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 問候／问候 (wènhòu)
• 問好／问好 (wènhǎo)
• 問訊／问讯 (wènxùn)
• 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
• 招呼 (zhāohū)
• 拍招呼 (Hokkien)
• 相借問／相借问 (Hokkien, Hakka)
• 請安／请安 (qǐng'ān) (historical, to an elder)
• 起居 (qǐjū) (historical)

 

Proper noun

問安

1. (～鎮) Wen'an (a town in Zhijiang, Yichang, Hubei, China)