問安

問安

See also: 问安

Chinese

		to ask	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (問安)		問	安
simp. (问安)		问	安

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèn'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ on¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mun-ôn
• Min Nan (POJ): būn-an / mn̄g-an / mūi-an

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèn'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùn-an
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴-an¹
    • Yale: wèn-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennan
    • Palladius: вэньань (vɛnʹanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁶ on¹
    • Yale: mahn ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² ɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mun-ôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: mun on´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mun⁴ on¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mun⁵⁵ on²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-an
    • Tâi-lô: būn-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buxn'afn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bun²²⁻²¹ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁴¹⁻²² an³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun³³⁻²¹ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun³³⁻¹¹ an⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̄g-an
    • Tâi-lô: mn̄g-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngxafn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍³³⁻²¹ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²²⁻²¹ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ an⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mūi-an
    • Tâi-lô: muī-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: muixafn

Verb

問安

1. (formal) to pay one's respects (to an elder, etc.); to wish someone good health

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 問安

打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū) 拍招呼 (Min Nan) 招呼 (zhāohū) 起居 (qǐjū) (historical) 咨問／咨问 (zīwèn) (literary) 問／问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)

問候／问候 (wènhòu) 問好／问好 (wènhǎo) 問訊／问讯 (wènxùn) 相借問／相借问 (Min Nan, Hakka) 請安／请安 (qǐng'ān) (historical, to an elder)

Proper noun

問安

1. (～鎮) Wen'an (a town in Zhijiang, Yichang, Hubei, China)