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2006年11月8日 · In American English, you say "good evening" when greeting someone between afternoon and morning. As Egmont says, "good night" is only ever used when saying goodbye. American English speakers (at least the American English speakers everywhere I've lived) use "good evening" only in formal contexts, or when the speaker is attempting to be polite.
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2008年2月28日 · 早上好zao3 shang4 hao3 for good morning 晚安 wan3 an1 good night in daily life. However, if I'm making a formal speech at night or in the afternoon, I'll say 晚上好wan3 shang4 hao3 for good evening or 下午好xia4 wu3 hao3 for good afternoon.
Origin of "Good morning/day/afternoon/evening/night"
2007年7月11日 · Getting back to the original question about whether "God give you a good morning" was once a common greeting, one might note the conversation between Romeo and the Capulets' servant in Act 1, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet.
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2010年12月23日 · Hi, in current use "Good morning/night" is always a greeting. Good evening is not used as a greeting. You can say good evening if you're leaving others in a party or event and you're wishing them to have a good time. You can say "Have a good morning/evening/night" when leaving. If you say "Good night" on departure it means you expect to see the ...
Do you still say "Good evening" after twelve midnight?
2009年9月25日 · In conclusion, it is technically still correct to say good morning after 12pm, as long as the sun has not yet reached its zennith. Whether or not it is acceptable on the receiving end is another matter. It is not technically correct to say good morning before sunrise, or good evening after sunset.
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2004年12月18日 · "Good morning" in my opinion sounds far too formal to say to friends though you could probably abbreviate it to "morning". As for "have a good evening", I wouldn't necessarily say that sounds posh. You would probably just replace 'evening' with 'night', although that wouldn't make it sound much different.
Persian: Good Morning - WordReference Forums
2013年4月28日 · In Iran "salam" is the very natural and common way to greet people. Maybe in other cultures "good morning" will serve equally well to start the conversation without saying "hello" however in Persian "salam" is the most common way to greet and "good morning/ evening /etc" usually follows afterwards and is not a substitute for "salam" normally.
after 5 pm: good evening? - WordReference Forums
2018年10月22日 · Good morning everyone. I'm taking the IELTS speaking test at 17.40. Technically it should be evening because we are after 5 pm. But I don't know of any breaks or times of the speaking session. What do you suggest? And what should I say as a formal farewell?
Good/Nice evening, morning - WordReference Forums
2009年4月4日 · "Good morning/afternoon/evening" son todos saludos que se usan con mucha frecuencia, pero no se deben cambiar o usar intercambiablemente con "nice", porque el sentido sería perdido. Por otro lado, si quieres expresar lo mismo que quiere decir "que tengas buen día (o lo que sea)" es posible decir "I hope you have a nice (or good) morning ...
Informal greetings - morning, afternoon, evening
2015年11月6日 · Moin sounds like a shortened form of 'morning' - so people from other parts of Germany are often surprised to hear it late in the evening - but it is actually derived from Low German and Dutch mooi (something like 'nice', 'fine', I think).