haa6 aan3下晏

Jyutpinghaa6 aan3

Yalehah aan

名詞

Definition

Afternoon.

colloquialtime

How it's used

Refers specifically to the time between noon and evening, functioning as a direct temporal noun. While 晏晝 is the most common way to say afternoon in casual speech, 下晏 is slightly more formal or precise in written contexts while still being perfectly natural in spoken Cantonese.

Examples

nei5你haa6下aan3晏jau5有mou5冇si4時gaan3間jam2飲bui1杯caa4茶？

Do you have time to have tea this afternoon?

ngo5我haa6下aan3晏jiu3要faan1返gung1工，m4唔dak1得haan4閒aa4呀。

I have to go to work this afternoon, I'm not free.

Common phrases

haa6下aan3晏saam1三dim2點

three o'clock in the afternoon

sing4成go3個haa6下aan3晏

the whole afternoon

Common mistake

Avoid using this to mean late in the day or evening, as it strictly refers to the period after midday. Learners often confuse it with 晏, which functions as an adjective meaning late.