晚上 wǎn shang evening / night / CL:個|个[ge4] / in the evening syn 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening / last night syn 晚安 wǎn ān Good night! / Good evening! 晚餐 wǎn cān evening meal / dinner / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4] syn 晚饭 晚飯 wǎn fàn evening meal / dinner / supper / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1] syn 晚会 晚會 wǎn huì evening party / CL:個|个[ge4] 礼服 禮服 lǐ fú ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc) syn 当晚 當晚 dàng wǎn the same evening syn 早期 zǎo qī early period / early phase / early stage syn 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn 夜间 夜間 yè jiān nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes) syn 晚间 晚間 wǎn jiān evening / night syn 打烊 dǎ yàng to close shop in the evening / also pr. [da3 yang2] syn 晚礼服 晚禮服 wǎn lǐ fú evening dress 早日 zǎo rì soon / at an early date / the early days / the past syn 黄昏 黃昏 huáng hūn dusk / evening / nightfall syn 傍晚 bàng wǎn in the evening / when night falls / towards evening / at night fall / at dusk syn 夜校 yè xiào evening school / night school 补习班 補習班 bǔ xí bān cram class / cram school / evening classes syn 晚报 晚報 wǎn bào evening newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Evening News 早退 zǎo tuì to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time) / to retire early (from one's job) 夜场 夜場 yè chǎng evening show (at a theater etc) / nighttime entertainment venue (bar, nightclub, disco etc) 朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) / to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold syn 晚风 晚風 wǎn fēng evening breeze syn 一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī lit. one morning and one evening (idiom) / fig. in a short period of time / overnight syn 朝不保夕 zhāo bù bǎo xī at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth syn 当晚 當晚 dāng wǎn on that evening syn 七夕 qī xī double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting 北京晚报 北京晚報 běi jīng wǎn bào Beijing Evening News 新民晚报 新民晚報 xīn mín wǎn bào Xinmin Evening News 晚上好 wǎn shàng hǎo Good evening! 华灯初上 華燈初上 huá dēng chū shàng early evening when lanterns are first lit 法制晚报 法製晚報 fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019 暮霭 暮靄 mù ǎi evening mist syn 顾炎武 顧炎武 gù yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录 晚景 wǎn jǐng evening scene / circumstances of one's declining years syn 暮气 暮氣 mù qì evening mist / fig. declining spirits / lethargy 晚 wǎn evening / night / late syn 今夜 jīn yè tonight / this evening 夕 xī dusk / evening / Taiwan pr. [xi4] syn 暮 mù evening / sunset syn 晚场 晚場 wǎn chǎng evening show (at theater etc) 哺 餔 bū to eat / evening meal syn 暮鼓晨钟 暮鼓晨鐘 mù gǔ chén zhōng lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom) / fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence 晨钟暮鼓 晨鐘暮鼓 chén zhōng mù gǔ lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom) / fig. encouragement to study or progress 朝秦暮楚 zhāo qín mù chǔ serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom) / quick to switch sides syn 虞世南 yú shì nán Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] 晚祷 晚禱 wǎn dǎo evening prayer / evensong / vespers 汐 xī night tides / evening ebbtide / Taiwan pr. [xi4] syn 旰 gàn sunset / evening 他 tā (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he / him / his / (bound form) other / another / some other (as in 他日[ta1ri4] and 他人[ta1ren2]) syn 还 還 hái still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else syn 早上 zǎo shang early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 早晨 zǎo chén early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] / also pr. [zao3chen5] syn 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning / in the wee hours syn 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 一早 yī zǎo early in the morning / at dawn syn 清晨 qīng chén early morning syn 早起 zǎo qǐ to get up early syn 尽早 儘早 jǐn zǎo as early as possible syn 预警 預警 yù jǐng warning / early warning 先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn 前期 qián qī preceding period / early stage syn 小儿 小兒 xiǎo r (coll.) early childhood / baby boy syn 开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc syn 早班 zǎo bān early shift / morning work shift 早熟 zǎo shú precocious / early-maturing syn 捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served syn 早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn 大哥大 dà gē dà cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss syn 襁褓 qiǎng bǎo swaddling clothes / fig. early stage of development / infancy syn 早逝 zǎo shì early demise / untimely death syn 初夏 chū xià early summer syn 学前教育 學前教育 xué qián jiào yù preschool education / early childhood education 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 甲骨文 jiǎ gǔ wén oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 近代史 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century) 早婚 zǎo hūn to marry too early 起早贪黑 起早貪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late syn 上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn 左传 左傳 zuǒ zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] 预警机 預警機 yù jǐng jī early warning aircraft system, e.g. US AWACS 督军 督軍 dū jūn provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) syn 大总统 大總統 dà zǒng tǒng president (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912-1928) 早春 zǎo chūn early spring syn 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 早在 zǎo zài as early as 下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn 适才 適才 shì cái just now / a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular) syn 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) 诗经 詩經 shī jīng Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1] 郑和 鄭和 zhèng hé Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer 咱家 zá jiā I / me / my / (often used in early vernacular literature) syn 初年 chū nián early years 清明节 清明節 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) 预警系统 預警系統 yù jǐng xì tǒng early warning system 初秋 chū qiū early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar 初冬 chū dōng early winter 