Meaning of 傍晚
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- in the evening
- when night falls
- towards evening
- at night fall
- at dusk
How to use 傍晚
傍晚 names the period around sunset, roughly from late afternoon until it gets dark. It often works as a time word at the start of a sentence or before a verb. Example: 傍晚我们去公园散步。 (Bàngwǎn wǒmen qù gōngyuán sànbù.) We take a walk in the park at dusk.
傍 (bàng) means to be close to or near, and 晚 (wǎn) means evening or late. Together 傍晚 is the time drawing near to evening, the hour of dusk.
Common mistake: Learners often read 傍 as páng because it contains 旁 (páng). In 傍晚 it is fourth tone, bàng. Another trap is using 傍晚 for late night. For that, use 晚上 (wǎnshang) or 深夜 (shēnyè).
傍晚 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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傍 bàng · beside · 12 strokes
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晚 wǎn · evening · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 傍晚.
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night |
| 晚饭 | wǎnfàn | evening meal; dinner |
| 晚安 | wǎn'ān | Good night!; Good evening! |
| 晚餐 | wǎncān | evening meal; dinner |
| 晚会 | wǎnhuì | evening party |
| 晚报 | wǎnbào | evening newspaper; (in a newspaper's name) Evening News |
| 晚点 | wǎndiǎn | (of trains etc) late; delayed |
| 早晚 | zǎowǎn | morning and evening; (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of |
| 夜晚 | yèwǎn | night |
| 当晚 | dàngwǎn | on that evening |
| 一天到晚 | yītiān-dàowǎn | all day long; the whole day |
| 晚期 | wǎnqī | later period; end stage |
Questions about 傍晚
What does 傍晚 mean?
傍晚 (bàngwǎn) means "in the evening; when night falls" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 傍晚?
傍晚 is made of 2 characters: 傍 (12 strokes), 晚 (11 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.
Is 傍晚 an HSK word?
Yes. 傍晚 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 傍晚 and 晚上?
傍晚 is the short window around sunset when it is getting dark. 晚上 covers the whole evening and night, after dark until bedtime. So 傍晚 comes before most of 晚上.
Is 傍晚 used in everyday speech or mostly in writing?
It is common in both, though it sounds a little more descriptive than 晚上. You will see it often in weather reports, stories, and diaries, for example 傍晚有雨 (bàngwǎn yǒu yǔ), rain toward evening.