好暗暝

Chinese

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		good	night; evening
trad. (好暗暝)		好	暗暝
simp. #(好暗暝)		好	暗暝

Etymology

Calque of English good evening or calque of Spanish buenas noches.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘ àm-mî / hó àm-mî

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘ àm-mî
    • Tâi-lô: hóo àm-mî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hor armmii
    • IPA (Philippines): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó àm-mî
    • Tâi-lô: hó àm-mî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoir armmii
    • IPA (Philippines): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mi²⁴/

Phrase

好暗暝

1. (Philippine Hokkien) good evening

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
	Manila (Hokkien)	好暗暝, 睏好好
Wu	Shanghai	谷拿脫
Note	GT - General Taiwanese