午安

Chinese

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		11 a.m.-1 p.m.; 7th earthly branch; noon	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
simp. and trad. (午安)		午	安

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔ'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ on¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-ôn
Min Nan (POJ): ngó͘-an

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǔ'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuan
  - IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀa̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ on¹
  - Yale: ńgh ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ on¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ ɔːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-ôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng` on´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ on¹
  - IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ on²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-an
  - Tâi-lô: ngóo-an
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngofafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

Interjection

午安

good afternoon (greeting)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 午安 (“good afternoon”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		午安
Mandarin	Beijing	午安、下午好
Mandarin	Taiwan	午安
Cantonese	Guangzhou	午安
Cantonese	Hong Kong	午安
Hakka	Meixian	食晝無
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	午安
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	午安

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