Meaning of 晚
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- evening
- night
- late
How to use 晚
As an adjective, 晚 means late, and it also forms many evening words like 晚上 (wǎnshang) and 晚饭 (wǎnfàn). A very common pattern is putting 晚 before a verb to mean doing something late. 对不起，我来晚了。(Duìbuqǐ, wǒ lái wǎn le.) Sorry, I'm late.
晚 (wǎn) has the sun radical 日 on the left and 免 (miǎn) on the right. Picture the sun 日 being excused, 免, from work at the end of the day, so it gets late and evening comes.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 晚 (wǎn) with 晓 (xiǎo, dawn), which also has 日 on the left, so check that the right side is 免. Also note that 晚上 is pronounced wǎnshang with a neutral tone on the second syllable, not wǎnshàng.
晚 in example sentences
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晚 wǎn · evening · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 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 |
| 傍晚 | bàngwǎn | in the evening; when night falls |
| 夜晚 | yèwǎn | night |
| 当晚 | dàngwǎn | on that evening |
| 一天到晚 | yītiān-dàowǎn | all day long; the whole day |
Questions about 晚
What does 晚 mean?
晚 (wǎn) means "evening; night" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 晚?
晚 is made of 1 character: 晚 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 晚 an HSK word?
Yes. 晚 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 晚饭 and 晚餐?
Both mean dinner. 晚饭 (wǎnfàn) is the everyday spoken word. 晚餐 (wǎncān) sounds a bit more formal and appears on menus or in writing.
How do I say I am late versus it is late?
To say you arrived late, put 晚 after the verb: 我来晚了 (wǒ lái wǎn le). To say the time is late, use 太晚了 (tài wǎn le), meaning it's too late.