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晚安

wǎn ān
HSK 3.0 Level 4 Very common

Definitions

  1. 1. Good night!
  2. 2. Good evening!

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Word relationships

Register variants

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晚上好
wǎn shàng hǎo

Good evening!

晚上好 is a formal evening greeting, while 晚安 is a bedtime farewell.

Related words

2 items
早安
zǎo ān

Good morning!

早安 is the morning counterpart to 晚安, used to say good morning.
再见
zài jiàn

goodbye

再见 is a general farewell, whereas 晚安 specifically means good night.

Usage notes

Common mistakes

Do not use 晚安 as an evening greeting; use 晚上好 instead when meeting someone.

Formality

晚安 is informal and typically used with friends and family; in formal settings, it may be replaced by a more polite phrase.

Example Sentences

4 shown
已经很晚了， 晚安 ！
It's already very late, good night!
晚安 ！
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 465913)
晚安 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 4463431)
媽， 晚安 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13504456)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.

Child Words of 晚安

安
ān

(bound form) calm; peaceful

晚
wǎn

evening