平安夜

Chinese

FWOTD – 24 December 2022

		safe and sound; safe; peaceful safe and sound; safe; peaceful; peaceful and at ease	night
trad. (平安夜)		平安	夜
simp. ^#(平安夜)		平安	夜

Etymology

“Christmas Eve” comes from the Christmas carol “Silent Night”, translated as 《平安夜》 by Timothy Tingfang Lew (劉廷芳) in 1933.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): píng'ānyè

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄢㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ on¹ je⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pêng-an-iā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: píng'ānyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄢㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: píng-anyè
  - Wade–Giles: pʻing²-an¹-yeh⁴
  - Yale: píng-ān-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pynganyeh
  - Palladius: пинъанье (pinʺanʹje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ˀän⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ping⁴ on¹ je⁶
  - Yale: pìhng ōn yeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ on¹ je⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ on¹ yé⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ ɔːn⁵⁵ jɛː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-an-iā
  - Tâi-lô: pîng-an-iā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peng'an'ia
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ an⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ an⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/

Proper noun

平安夜

Christmas Eve
- 1999, 张小娴 [Amy Cheung], “思念会不会是一种习惯”, in 留给情人的蓝雪花, page 58:
  
  年少時候，從來不用擔心這個平安夜要一個人過。有了愛情之後，平安夜變得浪漫了，可是，也會擔心今年的平安夜沒有人陪。 [MSC, trad.]
  年少时候，从来不用担心这个平安夜要一个人过。有了爱情之后，平安夜变得浪漫了，可是，也会担心今年的平安夜没有人陪。 [MSC, simp.]
  Niánshào shíhou, cónglái bùyòng dānxīn zhège Píng'ānyè yào yīgerén guò. Yǒu le àiqíng zhīhòu, Píng'ānyè biàn de làngmàn le, kěshì, yě huì dānxīn jīnnián de Píng'ānyè méiyǒu rén péi. [Pinyin]
  When I was young, I never had to worry that I had to celebrate this Christmas Eve alone. When I got into a relationship, Christmas Eve became romantic, but I would also worry that I would have no one with me for Christmas Eve this year.

Synonyms

聖誕夜／圣诞夜 (Shèngdànyè)
耶誕夜／耶诞夜 (Yēdànyè)

Noun

平安夜

quiet and uneventful night (Classifier: 個／个 m)
- 2020, 贾森 [Jiǎsēn], 时间的岛, Shanghai: 上海三联书店, page 48:
  
  天黑請閉眼，狼人請睜眼，狼人請殺人，天亮了，昨晚是個平安夜。 [MSC, trad.]
  天黑请闭眼，狼人请睁眼，狼人请杀人，天亮了，昨晚是个平安夜。 [MSC, simp.]
  Tiānhēi qǐng bìyǎn, lángrén qǐng zhēngyǎn, lángrén qǐng shārén, tiānliàng le, zuówǎn shì ge píng'ānyè. [Pinyin]
  It's night time; close your eyes. Werewolves, you may open your eyes. Werewolves, pick your victims. It's morning; last night was a quiet and uneventful night.