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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mun-ôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: mun on´
  - 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

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)

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