English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] An ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good evening.".
Pronunciation [ edit ] Interjection [ edit ] good evening
( generally formal in US , Canada ) Used as a greeting in the evening Synonym: ( obsolete ) good-den Good evening everyone and welcome to our 34th annual general meeting.
Usage notes [ edit ] ( US , Canada ) Good evening is generally considered quite formal, such as by a television news anchor or at the beginning of an address to an audience. An exception is if it is said with exaggeration and with a smile, as in "Good evening ladies! You are all looking lovely as usual."
Coordinate terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] greeting said in the evening
Abkhaz: уа, хәылбзиа ( wa, xʷəlbzja )
Afrikaans: goeie naand (af)
Albanian: mirëmbrëma (sq)
Arabic: مَسَاء الْخَيْر ( masāʔ al-ḵayr ) , مَسَاء النُّور ( masāʔ an-nūr ) ( as a reply )
Hijazi Arabic: مَسَاء الخير ( masāʔ al-ḵēr ) , مَسَاء النُّور ( masāʔ an-nūr ) ( as a reply )
North Levantine Arabic: مسا الخير ( masā l-ḵayr ) , مسا النور ( masā n-nūr ) ( as a reply ) ; سعيده ( sʕīdi ) , يسعد هالمسا ( yisʕud ha-l-masa ) ( as a reply )
Aramaic: רַמְשָׁא טָבָא ( ramšā ṭāḇā )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ ( ramšā ṭāḇā ) , ܪܲܡܫܘܼܟ݂ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ( ramšūḵ brīḵā ) ( formal; to a male ) , ܪܲܡܫܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ( ramšāḵ brīḵā ) ( formal; to a female ) , ܪܲܡܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ( ramšāwḵōn brīḵā ) ( formal; to a group )
Classical Syriac: ܒܪܝܟ ܪܡܫܐ ( bərīḵ ramšā )
Armenian: բարի երեկո ( bari ereko )
Asturian: bones tardes (ast)
Azerbaijani: axşamın xeyir axşamınız xeyir pl
Belarusian: до́бры ве́чар ( dóbry vjéčar )
Bengali: শুভ সন্ধ্যা ( śubho śonddha )
Bikol Central: marhay na banggi
Bulgarian: добъ́р ве́чер ( dobǎ́r véčer )
Catalan: bon vespre (ca)
Cebuano: maayong gabii
Chechen: суьйре дика йойла ( süüre dika jojla )
Chichewa: ( greeting ) mwachoma bwanji ( response ) ndachoma bwino
Chinese:
Mandarin: 晚上好 (zh) ( wǎnshàng hǎo ) , 晚安 (zh) ( wǎn'ān )
Czech: dobrý večer (cs)
Danish: godaften (da)
Dutch: goedenavond (nl)
Dzongkha: ཕྱི་རུ་བདེ་ལེགས། ( phyi ru bde legs )
Esperanto: bonan vesperon
Estonian: tere õhtust (et) , õhtust
Ewe: fiẽ
Faroese: gott kvøld
Finnish: hyvää iltaa (fi) , iltaa
French: bonsoir (fr)
Friulian: buine sere
Galician: boa noite f boas noites boa tarde boas tardes boo serán
Georgian: საღამო მშვიდობისა ( saɣamo mšvidobisa )
German: guten Abend (de)
Alemannic German: gueten Abig
Greek: καλησπέρα (el) ( kalispéra ) , καλό βράδυ ( kaló vrády )
Greenlandic: godaften
Guianese Creole: bonswè
Hawaiian: aloha ahiahi
Hebrew: עֶרֶב טוֹב (he) ( érev tov )
Hiligaynon: maayong gab-i
Hindi: नमस्ते (hi) ( namaste ) , शुभ संध्या ( śubh sandhyā ) , शाम बख़ैर ( śām baxair ) , गुड ईवनिंग ( guḍ īvniṅg )
Hungarian: jó estét (hu) , jó estét kívánok (hu)
Icelandic: gott kvöld (is)
Ido: bona vespero
Ilocano: naimbag a rabii
Indonesian: selamat malam (id)
Ingrian: hyvvää iltaa tere iltaa
Irish: tráthnóna maith agat
Italian: buona sera buonasera (it)
Japanese: 今晩は (ja) ( こんばんは, konban wa ) , お晩です ( おばんです, o-ban desu ) ( Tohoku )
Javanese: sugeng dalu ( after 8pm ) , sugeng sonten ( before 8pm )
Karelian: hyviä ildua
Kazakh: қайырлы кеш ( qaiyrly keş )
Khmer: សាយណ្ហសួស្តី ( saayan suəsdəy )
Korean: 안녕하세요 (ko) ( annyeonghaseyo ) ( generic greeting ) , 좋은 저녁이에요 ( jo'eun jeonyeog-ieyo ) ( uncommon ) , 좋은 저녁입니다 ( jo'eun jeonyeog-imnida ) ( uncommon )
Kumyk: геч яхшы болсун ( geç yaxşı bolsun )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئێوارەت باش ( êwaret baş )
Northern Kurdish: êvarbaş (ku)
Latvian: labvakar (lv) , labs vakars
Lithuanian: labas vakaras
Louisiana Creole French: bonswa bonswar
Luo: oimore
Luxembourgish: gudden Owend
Macanese: bô-nôte
Macedonian: добровечер ( dobrovečer )
Malay:
Jawi: سلامت ڤتڠ
Rumi: selamat petang (ms)
Maltese: il-lejla t-tajba bonasira
Mòcheno: guats mol
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: оройн мэнд ( orojn mend )
Navajo: yáʼátʼééh iʼííʼą́ nizhónígo hííłchʼįʼ neeʼaʼdooleeł
Norwegian:
Bokmål: god kveld (no) , god aften
Nynorsk: god kveld
Occitan: bon vèspre bonser (oc)
Old English: gōdne ǣfen
Palauan: ungil kebesengei
Persian:
Classical Persian: عَصْر بَخَیْر (fa) ( 'asr baxayr ) , شَب بَخَیْر (fa) ( šab baxayr )
Iranian Persian: عَصْر بِخِیْر (fa) ( 'asr bexeyr ) , شَب بِخِیْر (fa) ( šab bexeyr )
Plautdietsch: gooden Owent
Polish: dobry wieczór (pl)
Portuguese: boa noite (pt)
Romani: laćhi rǎt
Romanian: bună seara (ro)
Romansch: buna saira
Romblomanon: maayo nga gabii
Russian: до́брый ве́чер (ru) ( dóbryj véčer )
Sami:
Inari: pyeri eehid
Northern: buorrẹ eahkẹt
Skolt: šiõǥǥ jeä´ǩǩää
Southern: buerie iehkede
Scottish Gaelic: feasgar math
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: добро вече добра вечер
Roman: dobro veče dobra večer
Shona: maneru
Slovak: dobrý večer
Slovene: dober večer
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dobry wjacor
Upper Sorbian: dobry wječor
Spanish: buenas noches (es) f pl buenas tardes (es) f pl
Sranan Tongo: kuneti
Swahili: habari ya jioni
Swedish: god kväll (sv) , god afton (sv)
Tagalog: magandang gabi
Tajik: шоми хуш ( šomi xuš ) , шаб ба хайр ( šab ba xayr )
Thai: สวัสดี (th) ( sà-wàt-dii ) , สายัณห์สวัสดิ์ (th) ( sǎa-yan-sà-wàt )
Turkish: iyi akşamlar tünaydın (tr)
Udmurt: ӟеч ӝытэн ( dźeć džyten )
Ukrainian: до́брий ве́чір ( dóbryj véčir ) , добри́вечір (uk) ( dobrývečir )
Urdu: شام بَخَیر ( śām baxair ) , شَب بَخَیر ( śab baxair )
Uzbek: hayrli kech
Vietnamese: chào buổi tối xin chào buổi tối
Volapük: soari gudik
Welsh: noswaith dda
West Frisian: goejûn jûn
Winnebago: hoxjąną pį
Yiddish: אַ גוטן אָוונט ( a gutn ovnt )
Yucatec Maya: ma'alob 'aak'ab
Zulu: sawubona (zu) ( familiar ) , sanibonani ( plural, respectful )
