晚安

Chinese

		evening; night; late	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
simp. and trad. (晚安)		晚	安

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎn'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁵ on¹
Min Nan (POJ): boán-an / oán-an

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: wǎn'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanan
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀa̠n⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    晚安
    晩安
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁵ on¹
  - Yale: máahn ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁵ on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁵ on¹
  - IPA ^(key): /maːn¹³ ɔːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream 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/

Interjection

晚安

good night; good evening

Usage notes

Typically, 晚上好 (wǎnshànghǎo) is used as a greeting, while 晚安 (wǎn'ān) is used when parting or ending a conversation.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 晚安 (“good night”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		晚安
Mandarin	Beijing	晚安
Mandarin	Taiwan	晚安
Cantonese	Guangzhou	早敨、早啲敨
	Hong Kong	早敨
	Shunde	早敨
	Foshan	早敨
	Zhongshan	早敨
	Dongguan	早敨
	Taishan	早啲瞓
	Kaiping	早啲瞓
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	暗安
Hakka	Hsinchu (Hailu)	暗安

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