晚上好

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnshànghǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁵ soeng⁶ hou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnshànghǎo → wǎnshanghǎo (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄠˇ → ㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄕㄤ ㄏㄠˇ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnshånghǎo
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-shang⁵-hao³
    • Yale: wǎn-shang-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan.shanqhao
    • Palladius: ваньшанхао (vanʹšanxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /wän²¹⁴ ʂɑŋ⁴ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁵ soeng⁶ hou²
    • Yale: máahn seuhng hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁵ soeng⁶ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁵ sêng⁶ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn¹³ sœːŋ²² hou̯³⁵/

Interjection

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 edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		晚安
Northeastern 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

See also

• 晚安 (wǎn'ān)