晚 (maan5 | wan3) : night, late

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晚

maan5

wan3

[1] sunset; night; evening [2] late [3] drawing toward the end [4] younger; junior

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

晚

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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晚晚 maan5 maan5 = every night 粵

每晚 mui5 maan5 = every night 粵

今晚 gam1 maan5/maan5*1 jin1 wan3 = tonight

夜晚 je6 maan5 ye4 wan3 = at night; nighttime

當晚 dong1 maan5 = on that night

晚餐 maan5 caan1 wan3 can1 = dinner, supper, evening meal

晚上好 maan5 soeng6 hou2 = 'good evening' (greeting)

晚安 maan5 on1 = 'good evening' (formal greeting)

晚飯 maan5 faan6 wan3 fan4 = dinner

晚黑 maan5 haak1 = at night; nighttime 粵
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Showing 10 of 26 examples containing 晚

今晚食乜餸？粵
What are the side dishes for dinner?

上星期日我同啲朋友一齊食晚飯。粵
Last Sunday, I had dinner with my friends together.

今晚你慢慢玩粵
Enjoy yourselves this evening.
[Lit. This evening slowly play]

佢晚晚都行公司粵
She goes shopping every night.
[Lit. She evening-evening also walk-company]

今晚我媽咪接我粵
My mum'll pick me up this evening.
[Lit. this evening I mom collect me]

琴晚個派對十分之熱鬧呀！粵
The party yesterday night was extremely lively (and exciting)!
[the word "排對" is incorrect. we should say "派對"]

晚上你可以看到頭上天空中的星辰國
At night you can see stars in the sky above your head.

阿媽今晚唔煮飯，要食自己。粵
Mum is not going to cook tongiht, so we/I have to have dinner on our/my own.
[Usually mother cooks at home every night. If she does not cook, it implies that she is out at night, so the entire family has to think about the dinner stuff.]

我今晚要當值。
I'm on duty tonight.
[Lit: I need to be on duty tonight.]

我琴晚睇咗一套感人嘅戲粵
I saw a moving film yesterday evening.
[Lit. I yesterday evening see-already one [counter] moving [possessive particle] film.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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