晚上 wǎn shang evening / night / CL:個|个[ge4] / in the evening syn 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening / last night syn 大学 大學 dà xué university / college / CL:所[suo3] 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 年级 年級 nián jí grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] 校长 校長 xiào zhǎng (college, university) president / headmaster / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 学院 學院 xué yuàn college / educational institute / school / faculty / CL:所[suo3] 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 大学生 大學生 dà xué shēng university student / college student 院长 院長 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / university president / college dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 入学 入學 rù xué to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child 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 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 预科 預科 yù kē preparatory course (in college) 高考 gāo kǎo college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试) 夜校 yè xiào evening school / night school 补习班 補習班 bǔ xí bān cram class / cram school / evening classes syn 院校 yuàn xiào college / academy / educational institution syn 晚报 晚報 wǎn bào evening newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Evening News 跳级 跳級 tiào jí to jump a year (at college) 大专 大專 dà zhuān three-year college / junior college / professional training college 状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light syn 专科学校 專科學校 zhuān kē xué xiào specialized school / college for professional training / polytechnic syn 夜场 夜場 yè chǎng evening show (at a theater etc) / nighttime entertainment venue (bar, nightclub, disco etc) 师大 師大 shī dà abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学[shi1 fan4 da4 xue2], normal university / teacher training college syn 学堂 學堂 xué táng college / school (old) syn 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 考入 kǎo rù to pass entrance exam / to enter college after a competitive exam 肄业 肄業 yì yè to attend (a school) / to drop out (of college etc) 工学院 工學院 gōng xué yuàn school of engineering / college of engineering 一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī lit. one morning and one evening (idiom) / fig. in a short period of time / overnight syn 校徽 xiào huī school badge / college insignia / university crest 国学 國學 guó xué Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history) syn 太学 太學 tài xué Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty 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 师范大学 師範大學 shī fàn dà xué normal university / teacher training college syn 当晚 當晚 dāng wǎn on that evening syn 工业大学 工業大學 gōng yè dà xué technical university / engineering college 师范学院 師範學院 shī fàn xué yuàn teacher's college / normal school 中文系 zhōng wén xì Chinese language department (of college) 艺术学院 藝術學院 yì shù xué yuàn art institute / art and drama college 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 初夜 chū yè early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter 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 国子监 國子監 guó zǐ jiàn Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy) 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 晚景 wǎn jǐng evening scene / circumstances of one's declining years syn 外文系 外文係 wài wén xì department of foreign languages / modern languages (college department) 暮气 暮氣 mù qì evening mist / fig. declining spirits / lethargy 晚 wǎn evening / night / late syn 校 xiào (bound form) school / college / (bound form) (military) field officer syn 今夜 jīn yè tonight / this evening 夕 xī dusk / evening / Taiwan pr. [xi4] syn 暮 mù evening / sunset syn 业大 業大 yè dà part-time college (abbr. for 業餘大學|业余大学[ye4 yu2 da4 xue2]) 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 同济医科大学 同濟醫科大學 tóng jì yī kē dà xué Tongji Medical College 晚祷 晚禱 wǎn dǎo evening prayer / evensong / vespers 汐 xī night tides / evening ebbtide / Taiwan pr. [xi4] syn 旰 gàn sunset / evening 巴山夜雨 bā shān yè yǔ rain on Mt Ba (idiom) / lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution 昏定晨省 hūn dìng chén xǐng seeing to bed in the evening and visiting in the morning (ancient filial duty) 晨昏定省 chén hūn dìng xǐng morning and evening visits to parents / cf 昏定晨省[hun1 ding4 chen2 xing3] 朝不虑夕 朝不慮夕 zhāo bù lǜ xī at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth 朝闻夕改 朝聞夕改 zhāo wén xī gǎi lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening / to correct an error very quickly (idiom) 朝过夕改 朝過夕改 zhāo guò xī gǎi to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways 业余教育 業餘教育 yè yú jiào yù spare-time education / evening classes 良宵美景 liáng xiāo měi jǐng fine evening, beautiful scenery (idiom) 朝饔夕飧 zhāo yōng xī sūn lit. breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening (idiom) / fig. to do nothing but eat and drink 早C晚A zǎo - C wǎn - A (skincare regimen) Vitamin C in the morning, Vitamin A in the evening (original meaning) / (jocular) coffee in the morning, alcohol in the evening 夜间部 夜間部 yè jiān bù (Tw) evening program (at a college) / night school 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試 pǔ tōng gāo děng xué xiào zhāo shēng quán guó tǒng yī kǎo shì NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC) / usually abbr. to 高考[gao1 kao3] 格林奈尔大学 格林奈爾大學 gé lín nài ěr dà xué Grinnell College (private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, USA) 马尾水师学堂 馬尾水師學堂 mǎ wěi shuǐ shī xué táng Mawei River naval college, alternative name for Fuzhou naval college 福州船政學堂|福州船政学堂, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty 明德学院 明德學院 míng dé xué yuàn Middlebury College, private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont 向暮 xiàng mù towards evening 夜招待酒会 夜招待酒會 yè zhāo dài jiǔ huì evening cocktail reception 待宵草 dài xiāo cǎo evening primrose 暮景 mù jǐng an evening scene / fig. one's old age 朝露暮霭 朝露暮靄 zhāo lù mù ǎi morning dew, evening mist (idiom) / ephemeral / impermanent 