晚上好

Chinese
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evening; night good; well; be fond of
simp. and trad.
(晚上好)		 晚上 好

Pronunciation

Interjection

晚上好

  1. good evening
    女士們，先生們，晚上好！ [MSC, trad.]
    女士们，先生们，晚上好！ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǚshìmen, xiānshēngmen, wǎnshànghǎo! [Pinyin]
    Ladies and gentlemen: 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
  • (good evening): (Min Nan) 好暗暝
Dialectal synonyms of 晚安 (“good night”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 晚安
Mandarin Beijing 晚安
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
Hsinchu (Hailu) 暗安

See also
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