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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): būn-an / mn̄g-an / mūi-an

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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁶ on¹
  - Yale: mahn ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ on¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² ɔːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mun-ôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: mun on^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mun⁴ on¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mun⁵⁵ on²⁴/
Southern Min
- (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 (verb-object)

(formal) to pay one's respects (to an elder, etc.); to wish someone good health
- 1910, 《馬太福音·中西字》 [The Gospel According to St. Matthew in English and Cantonese], Shanghai: American Bible Society, chapter 5, verse 47:
  
  若淨係問你兄弟安、有乜好過人呢、異邦人亦唔係噉樣做咩。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  若净系问你兄弟安、有乜好过人呢、异邦人亦唔系噉样做咩。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  joek⁶ zing⁶ hai⁶ man⁶ nei⁵ hing¹ dai⁶ on¹, jau⁵ mat¹ hou² gwo³ jan⁴ ne¹, ji⁶ bong¹ jan⁴ jik⁶ m⁴ hai⁶ gam² joeng^6-2 zou⁶ me¹. [Jyutping]
  And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

Synonyms

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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)
打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
招呼 (zhāohū)
拍招呼 (Hokkien)
相借問 / 相借问 (Hokkien, Hakka)
請安 / 请安 (qǐng'ān) (historical, to an elder)
起居 (qǐjū) (historical)

Proper noun

問安

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