晚安

Chinese

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

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎn'ān

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

(Teochew, Peng'im): meng² ang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎn'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎn-an
  - Wade–Giles: wan³-an¹
  - Yale: wǎn-ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanan
  - Palladius: ваньань (vanʹanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    晚安
    晩安
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁵ on¹
  - Yale: máahn ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁵ on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁵ on¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn¹³ ɔːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boán-an
  - Tâi-lô: buán-an
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boafn'afn
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /buan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-an
  - Tâi-lô: uán-an
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafn'afn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: meng² ang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mṳ́ng ang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ aŋ³³/

Interjection

晚安

good night; good evening

Usage notes

In Mainland China, 晚上好 (wǎnshànghǎo) is used as a greeting, while 晚安 (wǎn'ān) is used when parting or ending a conversation. In Taiwan, 晚安 (wǎn'ān) is generally used as parting or to end a conversation, and seldom as a greeting.

Synonyms

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
Southern Min	Manila (Hokkien)	好暗暝, 睏好好
Puxian Min	Putian	暝時好
Puxian Min	Xianyou	暝時好
Wu	Shanghai	谷拿脫
Note	GT - General Taiwanese

Noun

晚安

(slang, Mainland China) alternative form of 金剛烷胺 / 金刚烷胺 (jīngāngwán'àn, “amantadine”)
- pr80 可以與晚安一起 o 嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
  pr80 可以与晚安一起 o 吗？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: June 26, 2024, 别让这些药物毁了孩子的一生 (Don't let these drugs ruin your child's life), Shanghai Law Journal
  Pr80 kěyǐ yǔ wǎn'ān yīqǐ o ma? [Pinyin]
  Can pregabalin be overdosed together with amantadine?